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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Paternal Family Tree: Hanover
Maternal Family Tree: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
On 8th May 1736 [her father] Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales [aged 29] and [her mother] Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg and [her grandmother] Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg. He the son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 52] and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England [aged 53]. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
On 31st March 1751 [her father] Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales [aged 44] died at Leicester House.
On 11th July 1751 Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway was born to Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 31]. She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 1st April 1760 [her brother] Prince Edward Hanover 1st Duke of York [aged 21] was created 1st Duke of York and Albany.
On 2nd October 1760 Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington [aged 25] was created 1st Earl Mornington, 1st Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle by [her brother] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 22] in reward for his services to music and philanthropy. Anne Hill Countess Mornington [aged 18] by marriage Countess Mornington.
On 25th October 1760 [her grandfather] King George II of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 76] died at Kensington Palace. His grandson [her brother] George [aged 22] succeeded III King Great Britain and Ireland. Duke Cambridge merged with the Crown.
On 8th September 1761 [her brother] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 23] and [her sister-in-law] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [aged 17] were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Queen Consort England. He the son of [her father] Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and [her mother] Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 41]. They were third cousins. He a grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 22nd September 1761 [her brother] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 23] was crowned III King Great Britain and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton [aged 24] was the Bearer of the Ivory Rod with the Dove.
William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 51] was appointed Lord High Steward.
Francis Hastings 10th Earl Huntingdon [aged 32] was the bearer of the Sword of State although the actual Sword of State couldn't be found and the Lord Mayor's Pearl Sword was substituted.
On 4th May 1762 [her brother] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 23] created a number of new peerages...
Edward Noel 1st Viscount Wentworth [aged 46] was created 1st Viscount Wentworth.
William Courtenay 7th Earl Devon [aged 53] was created 1st Viscount Courtenay.
Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 68] was created 1st Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex with default to his cousin Thomas Pelham [aged 34].
Caroline Lennox 1st Baroness Holland [aged 39] was created 1st Baroness Holland in Lincolnshire. Henry Fox 1st Baron Holland [aged 56] by marriage Baron Holland in Lincolnshire.
John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 51] was created 1st Baron Lovel and Holland of Enmore in Somerset.
John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton in Northamptonshire.
Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester [aged 44] was created 1st Baron Milton of Milton Abbey in Dorset.
Edward Hussey-Montagu 1st Earl Beaulieu [aged 41] was created 1st Baron Beaulieu of Beaulieu in Hampshire with a special remainder to his heirs male with his current wife Isabella Montagu Duchess Manchester [aged 56].
On 12th May 1762 George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon [aged 53] was created 1st Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton [aged 46] by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.
George Fox Lane 1st Baron Bingley [aged 65] was created 1st Baron Bingley. Harriet Benson Baroness Bingley [aged 57] by marriage Baroness Bingley.
On 19th November 1764 [her brother] William Henry Hanover 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh [aged 20] was created 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh, 1st Earl Connaught.
In 1766 [her brother] William Henry Hanover 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh [aged 22] and [her sister-in-law] Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh [aged 29] were married in secret at Pall Mall [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh. He the son of [her father] Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and [her mother] Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 46].
On 14th January 1766 Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway [aged 42] died. His son [her future husband] Christian [aged 16] succeeded VII King of Denmark and Norway.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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On 22nd October 1766 [her brother] Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn [aged 20] was created 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn.
On 8th November 1766 Christian VII King of Denmark and Norway [aged 17] and Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 15] were married at Christiansborg Castle. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. She the daughter of Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 46]. He the son of Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway and Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. They were first cousins. He a grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 17th September 1767 [her brother] Prince Edward Hanover 1st Duke of York [aged 28] died at York Room, Prince's Palace. Duke of York and Albany extinct.
On 28th January 1768 [her son] Frederick VI King of Denmark and Norway was born to [her husband] Christian VII King of Denmark and Norway [aged 18] and Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 16]. He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.66%. He married 31st July 1790 his first cousin Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway, daughter of Charles Hesse-Kassel and Louise Oldenburg.
In 1771 [her brother] Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn [aged 25] and [her sister-in-law] Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn. She the daughter of Simon Luttrell 1st Earl Carhampton [aged 58] and Judith Maria Lawes Countess Carhampton [aged 51]. He the son of [her father] Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and [her mother] Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 51].
On 7th July 1771 [her daughter] Louise Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg was born to [her husband] Christian VII King of Denmark and Norway [aged 22] and Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 19]. She a great granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.66%. She married 1786 Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg, son of Frederick Christian Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg and Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine Unknown Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg, and had issue.
The Early Diaries of Frances Burney May 1775. Mr. Jones, a Welsh harper, a silly young man, was also present. We had a great deal of conversation in parties, before the Concert began. I had the satisfaction to sit next to Mr. Harris [aged 62], who is very cheerful and communicative, and his conversation was instructive and agreeable58.5. Mr. Jones, the harper, began the Concert. He has a fine instrument of Merlin's construction; he plays with great neatness and delicacy; but as expression must have meaning, he does not abound in that commodity. After him, at the request of the Baronness Deiden, Mr. Burney went to the harpsichord. He played with his usual successful velocity and his usual applause. When he had received the compliments of the nobility and gentry, my father begged the Baronness to take his place; but she would not at first hear of it. She said in French, which she almost always speaks, that it was quite out of the question; and that it would be like a figurante's dancing after Heinel59.1. However, Miss Phipps joined so warmly in my father's request, that she was at length prevailed with. The character she has acquired of being the first of lady harpsichord players, as far as I have heard or can judge, is well merited. She has a great deal of execution and fire, and plays with much meaning. She is, besides, extremely modest and unconscious. She declared she had never been so much frightened before in her life59.2. When she had played a Lesson of Schobert's, my father asked her for another German composition, which he had heard her play at Lord Mulgrave's. She was going very obligingly to comply, when the Baron Deiden, looking at my sister, said, "Mais après, ma chère." "Eh bien!" cried Miss Phipps, "après Mrs. Burney."
Note 58.5. James Harris, of Salisbury, was nephew to that Earl of Shaftesbury who wrote "The Characteristics." He was First Lord of the Admiralty in 1762; a Lord of the Treasury afterwards. Dr. Johnson said that he was "a sound, solid scholar," but "a prig, and a bad prig," and "a coxcomb," who "did not understand his own system" in his own book, called "Hermes, an inquiry concerning universal grammar." We here see him in his pleasant, social aspect. Dr. Burney ranks him as a writer on music, in virtue of his three "Treatises on Art, Music, and History," 1774. When Mr. Harris took his seat in the House of Commons, Charles Townsend said to his next neighbour,-" Who is this man?"-" Who? why Harris that wrote one book about Grammar, and another about Virtue."-" What does he come here for? He will find neither Grammar nor Virtue here."
Note 59.1. Horace Walpole to Lord Strafford, August 25, 1771: "There is a finer dancer" (than Mlle. Guimard) "whom Mr. Hobart is to transport to London; a Mlle. Heinel or Ingle, a Fleming. She is tall, perfectly made, very handsome, and has a set of attitudes copied from the classics; she moves as gracefully slow as Pygmalion's statue when it was coming to life." She filled a before-deserted Opera House. The manager, Mr. Hobart, paid her six hundred pounds for the season, and the Maccaroni Club" complimented her with a regale of six hundred more."
Note 59.2. According to Horace Walpole, the Baron and Baroness Deiden were not personce gratis at the Court of St. James; being sent to England after the imprisonment of [her brother] George III's [aged 33] sister, Caroline Matilda, Queen of [aged 20] Denmark. They were moved to the Papal Court, where Miss Berry met them a little later.
On 8th February 1772 [her mother] Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 52] died at Cartlon House.
On 10th May 1775 Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 23] died.
On 13th March 1808 [her former husband] Christian VII King of Denmark and Norway [aged 59] died. His son Frederick [aged 40] succeeded VI King of Denmark and Norway. Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 40] by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Charles V of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt 9 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: King George I Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick IV Elector Palatine 
8 x Great Grand Son of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine 6 x Great Grand Son of King Charles V of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles V of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern 
Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland Grand Son of King James V of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia 
Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
GrandFather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland 2 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt 9 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea of Celle 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg
Father: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Joachim Ernst Hohenzollern 10 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst
Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Hohenzollern 11 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Frederick Hohenzollern 12 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
GrandMother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann Wilhelm Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar 9 x Great Grand Son of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar 10 x Great Grand Son of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea Susanne Palatine Duchess Saxe Weimar
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha 11 x Great Grand Son of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothea Maria Anhalt
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 7 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar 10 x Great Grand Son of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Johann Philipp Wettin Duke Saxe Altenburg 5 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Maria Countess Palatine of Neuburg 4 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha 6 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Julius Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Oldenburg 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
GrandFather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 7 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 10 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: John George Elector Saxony 10 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Augustus Duke of Saxe Weissenfels 5 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Frederick Hohenzollern Duke Prussia 8 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia 4 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Eleonore de la Marck 3 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke John VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 9 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 10 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Oldenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Enno III of East Frisia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Maria of Ostfriesland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna of Holstein-Gottorp 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Mother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 8 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
GrandMother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg