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.

Biography of Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick -1253

Paternal Family Tree: Beaumont

Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick was born to Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick and Margaret Oili.

On 10th October 1229 [her father] Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick (age 37) died. His son [her half-brother] Thomas (age 21) succeeded 6th Earl Warwick. Ela Longespee Countess Warwick by marriage Countess Warwick.

On 26th June 1242 [her half-brother] Thomas Beaumont 6th Earl Warwick (age 34) died. His half sister Margaret succeeded 7th Countess Warwick.

Before August 1242 John Marshal Earl Warwick (age 30) and Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick were married. He by marriage Earl Warwick. She the daughter of Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick and Margaret Oili. They were half fourth cousins.

In October 1242 [her husband] John Marshal Earl Warwick (age 30) died.

Before 14th September 1243 John Plessis Earl Warwick and Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick were married. He by marriage Earl Warwick. She the daughter of Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick and Margaret Oili.

On 3rd June 1253 Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick died. Her half first cousin William (age 33) succeeded 8th Earl Warwick. Alice Segrave Countess Warwick (age 21) by marriage Countess Warwick.

On 20th February 1263 [her former husband] John Plessis Earl Warwick died.

                
                    After 18th November 1434. St Mary's Church, Ewelme [Map]. Monument to Thomas Chaucer (deceased) and Maud Burghesh (age 55).
                
                    The Arms in two rows left to right ...
                
                    Top Row:
                
                    1 Beaufort Arms                

                    2 York Arms. Possibly Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York impaled Neville Arms                

                    3 Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter 1377 1426 Arms                

                    4 Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk 1300 1338 Arms impaled Neville Arms                

                    5 Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter 1377 1426 Arms (again?)
                
                    6 Stafford Arms impaled Neville Arms                

                    7 Montacute and Monthermer Arms impaled Chaucer Modern Arms.
                
                    Bottom Row:
                
                    1 Beauchamp Arms quartered with Beaumont Arms; Earl Warwick reflecting the Beauchamp family having inherited the Earldom of Warwick through marriage to Isabel Maudit who was the sister of William Maudit 8th Earl Warwick who died without issue. Isabel Maudit and William Maudit 8th Earl Warwick were the children of William Maudit and [her aunt] Alice Beaumont. Alice Beaumont inherited the Earldom of Warwick when her half-niece Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick died.
                
                    2 Courtenay Arms impaled Beaufort Arms                

                    3 Montacute and Monthermer Arms impaled Mohun Arms                

                    4 Montacute and Monthermer Arms quartered Neville Arms                

                    5 De La Pole Arms quartered Chaucer Modern Arms                

                    6 Despencer Arms impaled Chaucer Modern Arms                

                    7 Mohun Arms impaled Chaucer Modern Arms. John Mohun 2nd Baron Mohun of Dunster and Joan Burghesh Baroness Dunster.