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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.
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On 26th March 1751 [his father] George Beaumont 6th Baronet (age 25) and [his mother] Rachel Howland (age 33) were married at St John's Church, Clerkenwell [Map].
On 6th November 1753 George Howland Beaumont 7th Baronet was born to George Beaumont 6th Baronet (age 27) and Rachel Howland (age 35) at Great Dunmow, Essex [Map]. He was baptised at St Mary's Church, Great Dunmow on 17th December 1753.
In 1762 [his father] George Beaumont 6th Baronet (age 36) died. His son George (age 8) succeeded 7th Baronet Beaumont of Stoughton Grange in Leicestershire.
On 4th May 1772 George Howland Beaumont 7th Baronet (age 18) matriculated New College, Oxford University.
On 6th May 1778 George Howland Beaumont 7th Baronet (age 24) and Margaret Willes Lady Beaumont (age 22) were married. Margaret Willes Lady Beaumont
In 1790 George Howland Beaumont 7th Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Bere Alston which seat he held until 1796.
The British Institution was founded in June 1805 by a group of private subscribers who met in the Thatched House Tavern in London. The founding "Hereditory Governors" included Sir George Beaumont (age 51), 7th Baronet and Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough. George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth (age 49) was appointed the first President of the British Institution.
On 5th May 1814 [his mother] Rachel Howland (age 96) died.
In 1826 George Howland Beaumont 7th Baronet (age 72) presented a number of his paintings to the newly established National Gallery.
On 7th February 1827 George Howland Beaumont 7th Baronet (age 73) died without issue at Coleorton Hall. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Coleorton [Map]. His first cousin once removed George (age 28) succeeded 8th Baronet Beaumont of Stoughton Grange in Leicestershire.
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 14th July 1829 [his former wife] Margaret Willes Lady Beaumont (age 73) died at Coleorton Hall.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Beaumont 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Beaumont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Farnham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Beaumont 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Turpin
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Turpin
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Beaumont of Great Dunmow 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Trott
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trott
GrandFather: William Beaumont 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: George Beaumont 6th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
George Howland Beaumont 7th Baronet 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Michael Howland of Stone Hall, Matching Green
Mother: Rachel Howland