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: Carew
On 29th May 1555 George Carew 1st Earl Totnes was born to [his father] George Carew [aged 57].
Around 1574 [his illegitimate son] Thomas Stafford was born illegitimately to George Carew 1st Earl Totnes [aged 18].
In May 1580 George Carew 1st Earl Totnes [aged 24] and Joyce Clopton Countess Totnes were married.
On 1st June 1583 [his father] George Carew [aged 85] died. He was buried at St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map].
Letters from Sir Robert Cecil to Sir George Carew Section 8 XVII. 5th February 1600. Court. To George Carew 1st Earl Totnes [aged 44].
We have no news but that there is a misfortune befallen Mistris Fitton [aged 21] for she is proved with child, and the E. of Pembroke [aged 19] being examyned confesseth a ffact, but utterly renounceth all marriage. I fear they will both dwell in the Tower [Map] awhyle, for the Queen [aged 66] have vowed to send them thether.
When you thing fit you may send over 1076 [Desmond] but retain his patent with yourself. You shall not need to send to know her Ma'ties further pleasure. In many wayes lett not Cashell come over. The more excpectation which 1076 leaveth behynd him o returne the better construction wilbe made of his departure.
Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 36].
On 16th September 1607 Princess Mary Stewart [aged 2] died of pneumonia at the Stanwell Park Stanwell, Surrey home of Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 62] in whose care she had been placed. As soon as Mary died, the Earl of Worcester [aged 57], the Earl of Leicester [aged 43] and the Earl of Totnes [aged 52] went to Hampton Court Palace [Map], to inform the Queen [aged 32] of her daughter's death. Seeing the three men before her, Queen Anne realized what had happened and spared the men the task of telling her.
In 1610 [his daughter] Sophia Carew was born to George Carew 1st Earl Totnes [aged 54]. She married before 8th July 1647 Walter Stewart and had issue.
On 5th February 1626 George Carew 1st Earl Totnes [aged 70] was created 1st Earl Totnes. [his wife] Joyce Clopton Countess Totnes by marriage Countess Totnes.
On 27th March 1629 George Carew 1st Earl Totnes [aged 73] died at Savoy Palace [Map]. He was buried at Clopton Chantry Chapel Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon [Map]. Earl Totnes extinct.
Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork was knighted by George Carew 1st Earl Totnes at St Mary's Abbey, Dublin.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas "Baron Hydon" Carew 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bonville 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Courtenay 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Courtenay 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Edmund Carew 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dynham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lovell 6th Baron Lovel 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Lovell 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margery Dynham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Arches of Eythrop
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Arches
Father: George Carew 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Huddersfield
GrandMother: Katherine Huddersfield
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bosome
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jennet or Elizabeth Bosome
George Carew 1st Earl Totnes 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England