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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.

Biography of Edwin ap Hywel King Deheubarth

Paternal Family Tree: Aberffraw

Edwin ap Hywel King Deheubarth was born to Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth.

In 950 Edwin ap Hywel King Deheubarth succeeded King Deheubarth.

Battle of Llanwrst

In 954 [his brother] Rhodri ap Hywel King Deheubarth and Edwin ap Hywel King Deheubarth defeated the sons of Idwal at the Battle of Llanwrst at Llanrwst, Clywd.

Royal Ancestors of Edwin ap Hywel King Deheubarth

Kings Gwynedd: Great Grand Son of Rhodri ap Mervyn "The Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 3 Grand Son of Cadell ap Brochfael King Powys

Ancestors of Edwin ap Hywel King Deheubarth

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gwriad ap Elidyr Aberffraw

Great x 2 Grandfather: Merfyn "Frych aka Freckled" King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandmother: Esyllt Anglesey

Great x 1 Grandfather: Rhodri ap Mervyn "The Great" King Gwynedd

GrandFather: Cadell ap Rhodri King Seisyllwg

Great x 2 Grandfather: Meurig King Seisyllwg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Angharad Seisyllwg Queen Consort Gwynedd

Father: Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Edwin ap Hywel King Deheubarth