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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.
Maternal Family Tree: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux 1120-1169
Robert de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt was born to Roger de Montalt and Cicely D'Aubigny.
On 18th June 1260 [his mother] Cicely D'Aubigny (age 52) died. [his brother] Roger de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt (age 22) inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map].
On 18th June 1260 [his father] Roger de Montalt died at Castle Rising Castle [Map].
Before 1297 Richard Fitzjohn and [his future wife] Emma m Fitzjohn and Montalt were married.
In 1297 [his brother] Roger de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt (age 59) died at Mold Castle, Flintshire [Map]. Baron Montalt extinct. His brother inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map]. His brother Robert de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt was created Baron Montalt in 1299.
In or after 1297 Robert de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt and Emma m Fitzjohn and Montalt were married. They had no issue.
In 1299 Robert de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt summoned to Parliament as 1st Baron Montalt.
In 1327 Robert de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt sold Castle Rising Castle [Map] to the Crown for 10,000 marks retaining a life-time lease for him and his wife Emma.
In 1329 Robert de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt died. Baron Montalt extinct.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Father: Roger de Montalt
Robert de Montalt 1st Baron Montalt 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger "Pincerna aka Butler" D'Aubigny 2nd Baron Thirsk
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Pincerna aka Butler" D'Aubigny
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice or Alice de Grandesmil
Great x 2 Grandfather: William D'Aubigny 1st Earl Lincoln 1st Earl of Arundel
Great x 1 Grandfather: William D'Aubigny 2nd Earl Lincoln 2nd Earl of Arundel
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Count Louvain
Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto Chiny 2nd Count Chiny
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ida Chiny Countess Louvain
GrandFather: William D'Aubigny 3rd Earl Lincoln 3rd Earl of Arundel
Mother: Cicely D'Aubigny 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf de Briquessart Gernon Viscount Bessin
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ranulf le Meschin Gernon 3rd Earl Chester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Avranches
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Daughter Gay
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzhamon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibyl Montgomery
GrandMother: Mabel Gernon Countess Lincoln and Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Montfort
Great x 3 Grandfather: Amaury Montfort Count Évreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnès of Normandy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux