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.
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Baronet Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
Summary
2nd April 1644. John Webb 1st Baronet created.
19th June 1680. Son John Webb 2nd Baronet succeeded.
29th June 1700. Son John Webb 3rd Baronet [aged 45] succeeded.
October 1745. Son Thomas Webb 4th Baronet [aged 40] succeeded.
29th June 1763. Son John Webb 5th Baronet [aged 20] succeeded.
April 1797. Nephew Thomas Webb 6th Baronet [aged 18] succeeded.
26th March 1823. Son Henry Webb 7th Baronet [aged 16] succeeded.
19th August 1874. Henry Webb 7th Baronet extinct.
On 2nd April 1644 John Webb 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire. Mary Caryll Lady Webb by marriage Lady Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire.
On 19th June 1680 John Webb 1st Baronet died. His son John succeeded 2nd Baronet Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire.
Before 29th June 1700 John Webb 2nd Baronet and Mary Blomer Lady Webb were married. She by marriage Lady Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire. They were half third cousins.
On 29th June 1700 John Webb 2nd Baronet died. His son John [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Baronet Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire. Barbara Belasyse Lady Webb by marriage Lady Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire.
In October 1745 John Webb 3rd Baronet [aged 90] died. His son Thomas [aged 40] succeeded 4th Baronet Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire. Anne Gibson Lady Webb [aged 40] by marriage Lady Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire.
On 29th June 1763 Thomas Webb 4th Baronet [aged 58] died. His son John [aged 20] succeeded 5th Baronet Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire. Mary Salvin Lady Webb by marriage Lady Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire.
In April 1797 John Webb 5th Baronet [aged 54] died. He was buried at St Pancras. His nephew Thomas [aged 18] succeeded 6th Baronet Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire. Frances Charlotte Dillon Lee Lady Webb [aged 17] by marriage Lady Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire.
On 11th July 1822 Thomas Webb 6th Baronet [aged 43] and Martha Matilda Somerville Lady Webb were married. She by marriage Lady Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire.
On 26th March 1823 Thomas Webb 6th Baronet [aged 44] died. His son Henry [aged 16] succeeded 7th Baronet Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 19th August 1874 Henry Webb 7th Baronet [aged 68] died. Baronet Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire extinct.