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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Cobham, Kent is in Kent.
On 6th June 1464 Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham (age 49) died at Cobham, Kent. He was buried at Cobham, Kent. His son John (age 16) succeeded 7th Baron Cobham.
Around 1220 John Cobham was born at Cobham, Kent.
In 1252 John Cobham (age 32) died at Cobham, Kent.
On 25th December 1240 John Cobham was born to John Cobham (age 20) and Maude Joan Fitzbenedict at Cobham, Kent.
In March 1300 John Cobham (age 59) died at Cobham, Kent.
Before 1285 John Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham was born to Henry Cobham 1st Baron Cobham (age 24) and Maud Moreville (age 20) at Cobham, Kent.
On 25th February 1355 John Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham (age 70) died at Cobham, Kent. His son John (age 34) succeeded 3rd Baron Cobham. Margaret Courtenay Baroness Cobham by marriage Baroness Cobham.
Around 1321 John Cobham 3rd Baron Cobham was born to John Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham (age 36) and Joan Beauchamp (age 16) at Cobham, Kent.
Around 1337 Joan Cobham was born to John Cobham 3rd Baron Cobham (age 16) and Margaret Courtenay Baroness Cobham at Cobham, Kent. Date adjusted from 1316 since her father was born around 1321 and her future husband in 1339. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Around 1276 Ralph Cobham was born to John Cobham (age 35) and Joan Septvans at Cobham, Kent.
In 1237 Reginald Cobham was born to John Cobham (age 17) and Joan Neville at Cobham, Kent.
Around 1242 Henry Cobham was born to John Cobham (age 22) and Maude Joan Fitzbenedict at Cobham, Kent.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In or before 1403 Joan Braybrooke 5th Baroness Cobham was born to Reginald Braybrooke (age 46) and Joan Pole 4th Baroness Cobham at Cobham, Kent.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1667. She is gone yesterday with her Lord to Cobham, Kent. He did tell me of the ridiculous humour of our King and Knights of the Garter the other day, who, whereas heretofore their robes were only to be worn during their ceremonies and service, these, as proud of their coats, did wear them all day till night, and then rode into the Parke with them on. Nay, and he tells me he did see my Lord Oxford (age 40) and the Duke of Monmouth (age 18) in a Hackney-coach with two footmen in the Parke, with their robes on; which is a most scandalous thing, so as all gravity may be said to be lost among us.
On 3rd October 1701 Joseph Williamson (age 68) died in Cobham, Kent. He was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map]. He left £6,000 and his library to Queen's College, Oxford.
Burwood House, Cobham, Kent, South-East England, British Isles
On 22nd August 1817 Henry Hugh Manvers Percy was born to George Percy 5th Duke Northumberland (age 39) and Louisa Harcourt Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (age 35) at Burwood House, Cobham. He was educated at Eton College [Map].
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham, Kent, South-East England, British Isles
On 9th March 1512 John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham (age 64) died at Cowling, Kent. He was buried at Church of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham. His son Thomas (age 42) succeeded 8th Baron Cobham.
On 13th January 1434 Joan Pole 4th Baroness Cobham died. She was buried at Church of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham. Her daughter Joan (age 31) succeeded 5th Baroness Cobham. Thomas Brooke Baron Cobham (age 43) by marriage Baron Cobham.
On 20th September 1405 Reginald Braybrooke (age 49) died at Sluys [Map]. He was buried at Church of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham.
On 30th August 1944 Florence Bligh Countess of Darnley (age 84) died. She was buried at Church of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 12th October 1558. haroldes of armes with standard and a gret ... armes, and vj baners-rolles and iiij baners of [saints, and] x dosen of penselles, and a herse of v prynse[pals ...] wax and ij gret whyt branchys and a viij dosen of skochyons and a cote-armur, elmett, targett, mantylles, and xj dosen of torchys, and mony mornars; [and the] morow masse and a sermon, and grett chere and ... dere for hym.
Note. Page 176. Funeral of George lord Cobham (deceased). The full ceremonial of this is preserved in the College of Arms, I. 15, f. 387. The monument of lord Cobham, with the effigies of himself and wife, remains in the church of Cobham near Gravesend, and was repaired in the year 1840 at the expense of Francis C. Brooke, esq. of Ufford Place, Suffolk, under the superintendence of the present writer and of Charles Spence, esq. of the Admiralty. (See Gent. Mag. N. S. vol. xv. p. 306.) A portrait of lord Cobham by Holbein is engraved in the beautiful work by Chamberlain: it represents him in singular dishabille, with a bald head, surmounted by a flat cap.
St Mary Magdalene New Churchyard, Cobham, Church of St Mary Magdalene, Kent, South-East England, British Isles
On 19th July 1529 Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham (age 59) died. He was buried at St Mary Magdalene New Churchyard, Cobham. His son George (age 32) succeeded 9th Baron Cobham. Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 28) by marriage Baroness Cobham.
Cobham Hall, Kent, South-East England, British Isles [Map]
In 1559 William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 31) entertained Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 25) at Cobham Hall, Kent [Map].
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 17th July 1559. The xvij day of July the Quen('s) (age 25) grace removyd from Grenwyche [Map] of her prograsse unto Darford [Map] in Kent; so the next day removyd unto Cobham [Map], my lord Cobham('s) (age 31) plasse, and ther her grace had grett chere.
On 17th October 1592 Frances Newton Baroness Cobham (age 53) died at Cobham Hall, Kent [Map].