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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.
Sudeley Castle is in Sudeley, Winchcombe, Castles in Gloucestershire.
Around 1120 Ralph Sudeley was born at Sudeley Castle [Map]. He married (1) Emma Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp and Bertha de Braose Baroness Beauchamp, and had issue.
Around 1548 Giles Brydges 3rd Baron Chandos was born to Edmund Brydges 2nd Baron Chandos (age 26) and Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys (age 24) at Sudeley Castle [Map]. He married (1) before 1573 his fifth cousin once removed Anne Clinton, daughter of Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln and Ursula Stourton Baroness Clinton, and had issue.
On 30th August 1548 Mary Seymour was born to Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour (age 40) and Catherine Parr Queen Consort England (age 36) at Sudeley Castle [Map]. Her mother died six days later.
On 5th September 1548 Catherine Parr Queen Consort England (age 36) died from childbirth having given birth to her daughter Mary Seymour six days before. She was buried at Sudeley Castle [Map]. William Harvey (age 38) as Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary was the only herald to attend her funeral.
On 8th April 1554 John Brydges 1st Baron Chandos (age 62) was given Sudeley Castle [Map] by Queen Mary I of England and Ireland (age 38).
On 12th April 1557 John Brydges 1st Baron Chandos (age 65) died at Sudeley Castle [Map]. His son Edmund (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Chandos of Sudeley. Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys (age 33) by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley.
On 3rd May 1557 John Brydges 1st Baron Chandos (deceased) was buried at the Chapel at Sudeley Castle [Map].
On 2nd December 1777 Horace Beckford aka Pitt-Rivers 3rd Baron Rivers was born to Peter Beckford (age 37) and Louisa Pitt (age 23) at Sudeley Castle [Map]. He married (1) 8th April 1788 Frances Rigby and had issue.
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.
On 25th March 1855 John Coucher Dent died. He left Sudeley Castle [Map] to his wife Emma Brocklehurst (age 31) for her lifetime.
On 22nd February 1900 Emma Brocklehurst (age 76) died. She is commemorated on two brass plaques in the chapel at Sudeley Castle [Map].