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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.
Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer is in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire.
Around 1315 Brian Cornwall of Kinlet was born to Edmund Cornwall (age 35) and Elizabeth Brampton (age 20) at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map]. He a great x 2 grandson of King John of England.
On 27th June 1316 Edmund Mortimer (age 13) and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton (age 3) were married at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map]. He the son of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 29) and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville (age 30). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1354 Elizabeth Brampton (age 59) died at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map].
In 1392 Brian Cornwall of Kinlet (age 77) died at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map].
On 26th October 1443 John Blount (age 66) died at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map].
In 1446 William Lichfield died. The estates at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map] were inherited by Humphrey Blount (age 25) who was the grandson of John Blount of Sodington who had married Isabella Cornwall who was the aunt of William's wife Elizabeth Cornwall (age 36).
In 1455 Thomas Blount was born to Humphrey Blount (age 34) and Elizabeth Winnington (age 27) at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map].
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 12th October 1477 Humphrey Blount (age 56) died at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map].
Around 1484 John Blount was born to Thomas Blount (age 29) and Anne Croft (age 26) at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map].
In 1498, possibly later, Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys was born to John Blount (age 14) and Catherine Peshall (age 14) at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map].
Around 1530 Agnes Blount was born to John Blount (age 46) and Catherine Peshall (age 46) at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map].