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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
Around 1517 Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd was born to Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 32) and Helen Somerville.
Before 1518 [his father] Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 32) and [his mother] Helen Somerville were married.
On 5th May 1534 Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd (age 17) was appointed Bailie and Chamberlain of Kilmarnock replacing his father [his father] Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 49).
Before December 1542 [his father] Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 57) and Elizabeth Napier were married.
On 6th September 1545 Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd (age 28) had a charter of the Lordship of Kilmarnock on his [his father] father's (age 60) resignation, with sasine following 22 September.
Around 1547 [his son] Thomas Boyd 6th Lord Boyd was born to Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd (age 30).
Before February 1549 [his father] Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 64) and Marion Colquhon were married.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 10th February 1549 Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd (age 32) granted a charterer to his step-mother Marion Colquhon.
On 14th October 1550 Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd (age 33) had a charter of the lands of Auchiutorlie.
In 1557 or 1558 [his father] Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 72) died.
22nd August 1582. The Raid of Ruthven was a plot by several nobles led by William Ruthven 1st Earl Gowrie (age 39) to kidnap the fifteen years old King James VI of Scotland (age 16), son of Mary Queen of Scots (age 39), (before he became King of England) to reform the government of Scotland.
The nobles included John Erskine 19th Earl of Mar (age 20), Thomas Lyon Master of Glamis, Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd (age 65), Patrick Lindsay 6th Lord Lindsay of the Byres (age 61), and David Erskine Commendator of Dryburgh.
They were opposed by Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 40) and James Stewart 1st Earl Arran who controlled the government.
King James VI of Scotland was captured whilst hunting near Ruthven Castle.
The rebels were joined by Francis Stewart 5th Earl Bothwell (age 19) and James Cunningham 7th Earl Glencairn (age 30).
Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox was exiled; he died a year later in Paris. James Stewart 1st Earl Arran was imprisoned.
On 3rd January 1590 Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd (age 73) died.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd
GrandFather: Alexander Boyd 3rd Lord Boyd
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Maxwell 3rd of Calderwood
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mariota aka Janet Maxwell
Father: Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd
GrandFather: John Somerville 1st of Cambusnethan
Mother: Helen Somerville