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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: Aberffraw
Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd was born to Anaward Aberffraw.
In 916 [his father] Anaward Aberffraw died. His son Idwal succeeded King Gwynedd.
Before 942 [his son] Iago ap Idwal Aberffraw was born to Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd.
Around 942 Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd died.
In 950 [his son] Iago ap Idwal Aberffraw (age 8) and [his son] Idwal "Ieuaf aka Junior" Aberffraw, sons of Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd, defeated the sons of Hywel at the Battle of Carno at Carno, Radnorshire.
[his son] Meurig ap Idwal Aberffraw was born to Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd.
[his son] Idwal "Ieuaf aka Junior" Aberffraw was born to Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd.
Kings Gwynedd: Grand Son of Rhodri ap Mervyn "The Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Powys: Great x 2 Grand Son of Cadell ap Brochfael King Powys
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gwriad ap Elidyr Aberffraw
Great x 1 Grandfather: Merfyn "Frych aka Freckled" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rhodri Molwynog "Bald and Grey" Anglesey
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cynan Dindaethwy ap Rhodri King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Esyllt Anglesey
GrandFather: Rhodri ap Mervyn "The Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Elisedd ap Gwylog King Powys
Great x 3 Grandfather: Brochfael ap Elisedd King Powys
Great x 2 Grandfather: Cadell ap Brochfael King Powys
Great x 1 Grandmother: Nest ferch Cadell Cadelling Queen Consort Gwynedd
Father: Anaward Aberffraw
Great x 1 Grandfather: Meurig King Seisyllwg
GrandMother: Angharad Seisyllwg Queen Consort Gwynedd