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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Boyd
In 1485 Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd was born to Alexander Boyd 3rd Lord Boyd (age 33).
After 1508 [his father] Alexander Boyd 3rd Lord Boyd (deceased) died.
Around 1517 [his son] Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd was born to Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 32) and [his future wife] Helen Somerville.
Before 1518 Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 32) and Helen Somerville were married.
On 5th May 1534 [his son] Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd (age 17) was appointed Bailie and Chamberlain of Kilmarnock replacing his father Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 49).
Before December 1542 Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 57) and Elizabeth Napier were married.
On 16th March 1544 the First Battle of Glasgow was fought between an army of Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox (age 27), who supported a marriage between King Edward VI of England and Ireland (age 6) and Mary Queen of Scots (age 1), and an army of James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran (age 28) who opposed it.
Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 59) fought for James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran for which was rewarded with the family lands (which he held in tack), as well as the restoration of his family's title of Lord Boyd.
On 6th September 1545 [his son] Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd (age 28) had a charter of the Lordship of Kilmarnock on his father's (age 60) resignation, with sasine following 22 September.
Before February 1549 Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 64) and Marion Colquhon were married.
In 1557 or 1558 Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 72) died.
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.
Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss and Elizabeth Napier were married.
[his daughter] Margaret Boyd was born to Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd and Helen Somerville.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock
GrandFather: Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd
Father: Alexander Boyd 3rd Lord Boyd
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Maxwell 3rd of Calderwood
GrandMother: Mariota aka Janet Maxwell