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: Norman
Maternal Family Tree: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor 1462-1502
In December 1629 [her father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 19) and [her mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 14) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Richard Preston 1st Earl Desmond and [her grandmother] Elizabeth Butler. They were second cousin once removed.
In 1646 Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire was born to [her father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 35) and [her mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 30).
In 1649 [her father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 38) was appointed 444th Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 18).
After 1654 [her brother-in-law] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield (age 20) and [her sister] Elizabeth Butler Countess Chesterfield (age 13) were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of [her father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 43) and [her mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 38). He the son of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield (age 45).
On 14th November 1659 [her brother] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory (age 25) and [her sister-in-law] Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 24) were married at Den Bosch. He the son of [her father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 49) and [her mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 44).
In 1662 [her brother] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory (age 27) by writ of acceleration6th Earl Ossory. [her sister-in-law] Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 26) by marriage Countess Ossory.
In May 1662 [her brother] Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran (age 22) was created 1st Earl Arran.
On 26th October 1662 William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 22) and Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 16) were married. She the daughter of James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 52) and Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 47). He the son of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 45) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire (age 43). They were fifth cousins.
In September 1664 [her brother] Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran (age 25) and [her sister-in-law] Mary Stewart Countess Arran (age 13) were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. She the daughter of James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond and Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 42). He the son of [her father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 53) and [her mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 49). They were half fifth cousin once removed.
In July 1665 [her sister] Elizabeth Butler Countess Chesterfield (age 25) died.
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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In 1670 [her daughter] Elizabeth Cavendish Lady Wentworth was born to [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 29) and Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 24). She married before 1710 John Wentworth 1st Baronet and had issue.
On 2nd May 1670 John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter (age 22) and [her sister-in-law] Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 52) and [her mother-in-law] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire (age 51). He the son of John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter (age 42) and Frances Manners Countess Exeter. They were half third cousin once removed.
In 1672 [her brother] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory (age 37) was appointed 477th Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 41).
Around 1672 [her son] William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire was born to [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 31) and Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 26). He married 21st June 1688 his third cousin Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire and had issue.
In 1673 [her son] Henry Cavendish was born to [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 32) and Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 27) at Nice, France. He married 3rd August 1696 his third cousin once removed Rhoda Cartright and had issue.
Before 19th February 1674 [her brother] Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran (age 34) and [her sister-in-law] Dorothy Ferrers Countess Arran (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of [her father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 63) and [her mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 58).
In January 1675 [her brother] John Butler 1st Earl Gowran (age 32) and [her sister-in-law] Anne Chichester Countess Gowran and Longford were married. She the daughter of Arthur Chichester 1st Earl Donegal (age 68) and Letitia Hicks Countess Donegal (age 48). He the son of [her father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 64) and [her mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 59).
On 13th April 1676 [her brother] John Butler 1st Earl Gowran (age 33) was created 1st Earl Gowran, 1st Viscount Clonmore, 1st Baron Aghrim. [her sister-in-law] Anne Chichester Countess Gowran and Longford by marriage Countess Gowran.
In 1677 [her brother] John Butler 1st Earl Gowran (age 34) died at Paris [Map].
In February 1678 John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter (age 50) died. His son John (age 30) succeeded 5th Earl Exeter, 6th Baron Burghley. [her sister-in-law] Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 29) by marriage Countess Exeter.
On 30th July 1680 [her brother] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory (age 46) died. He was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey the next day.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 9th November 1682 [her father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 72) was created 1st Duke Ormonde by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 52). [her mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 67) by marriage Duchess Ormonde.
On 21st July 1684 [her mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 68) died. On 24th July 1684 she was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey.
On 23rd November 1684 [her father-in-law] William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 67) died at his house in Roehampton, Surrey. He was buried in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son [her husband] William (age 44) succeeded 4th Earl Devonshire, 4th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 38) by marriage Countess Devonshire.
On 25th January 1685 [her brother] Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran (age 45) died.
John Evelyn's Diary. 23rd January 1686. I din'd at my Lady Arlington's (age 52), groome of the stole to the Queene Dowager (age 47), at Somerset House [Map], where din'd the Countesses of Devonshire (age 40), Dover (age 76), &c. in all 11 ladys of quality, no man but myselfe being there.
On 21st June 1688 [her son] William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire (age 16) and [her daughter-in-law] Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire (age 14) were married. He the son of [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 48) and Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 42). They were third cousins.
On 21st July 1688 [her father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 77) died. His grandson [her nephew] James (age 23) de jure 2nd Duke Ormonde, 2nd Marquess Ormonde, 13th Earl Ormonde, 6th Earl Ossory. Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde (age 24) by marriage Duchess Ormonde.
In 1689 [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 48) was appointed 498th Knight of the Garter by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 38) and Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 26).
In 1694 [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 53) was created 1st Duke Devonshire by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 43) in recognition of William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire 1640-1707's support of the Glorious Revolution he having been one of the signatories of the Invitation to William of Orange from the Immortal Seven. Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 48) by marriage Duchess Devonshire.
On 3rd August 1696 [her son] Henry Cavendish (age 23) and [her daughter-in-law] Rhoda Cartright were married. He the son of [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 56) and Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 50). They were third cousin once removed.
On 10th May 1700 [her son] Henry Cavendish (age 27) died.
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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In 1704 [her sister-in-law] Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 55) died.
In or before 1706 [her son] James Cavendish was born to [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 65) and Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 59). He married before 14th December 1751 Anne Yale.
On 18th August 1707 [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 67) died. His son [her son] William (age 35) succeeded 2nd Duke Devonshire, 5th Earl Devonshire, 5th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. [her daughter-in-law] Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire (age 33) by marriage Duchess Devonshire.
Before 1710 [her son-in-law] John Wentworth 1st Baronet (age 36) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Cavendish Lady Wentworth (age 39) were married. She by marriage Lady Wentworth of North Emstal. She the daughter of [her former husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire and Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 63).
In 1710 Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 64) died. She was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey with her parents.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Butler 9th Earl Ormonde 2nd Earl Ossory 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Butler 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Fitzgerald 10th Earl Desmond 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Butler 11th Earl Ormonde 4th Earl Ossory 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ulrick Burke 3rd Earl Clanricarde
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Burke 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Walsingham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Walsingham Countess Essex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ursula St Barbe
GrandFather: Thomas Butler Viscount Thurles 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Butler 1st Viscount Mountgarret 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Butler 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Butler Viscountess Mountgarret 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helen Butler Countess Ormonde and Ossory 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Barnaby Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Ossory
Great x 2 Grandmother: Grizzel Fitzpatrick Viscountess Mountgarret
Father: James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Poyntz 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Huddersfield 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Constable Baroness Berkeley 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Poyntz 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Verney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Verney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Weston 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Verney 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Braye 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Poyntz 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sydenham 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Sydenham III 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Syndeham 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sydenham 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Preston of Whitehill in Midlothian 
GrandFather: Richard Preston 1st Earl Desmond
Mother: Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sabh Macmurrough Kavanagh
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Butler 9th Earl Ormonde 2nd Earl Ossory 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerald Fitzgerald 8th Earl of Kildare
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzeustace Countess Kildare
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas "Black Tom" Butler 10th Earl Ormonde 3rd Earl Ossory 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Fitzgerald 9th Earl Desmond 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Fitzgerald 10th Earl Desmond 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ellen Roche Countess Desmond 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Butler 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sheffield 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Stanley 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Sheffield 2nd Baron Sheffield 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sheffield Countess Ormonde and Ossory 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Howard 1st Baron Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Douglas Howard Baroness Sheffield 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Gamage
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Gamage Baroness Howard 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret St John 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England