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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
Maternal Family Tree: Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd 1065-1162
Around 1113 [his father] Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth (age 32) and [his mother] Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth (age 13) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Deheubarth. She the daughter of [his grandfather] King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd (age 58) and [his grandmother] Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd (age 48). He the son of [his grandfather] Rhys ap Tewdwr King Deheubarth and [his grandmother] Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon Mathrafal Queen Consort Deheubarth (age 53). They were half second cousin once removed.
In 1130 Maredudd was born to [his father] Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth (age 49) and [his mother] Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth (age 30).
In 1136 a battle, or skirmish, was fought at Maes Gwenllian [Map] between the Welsh forces of [his mother] Gwenllian (age 36), wife of [his father] Gruffydd (age 55), with her two sons, and the Norman force of Maurice de Londres. Gwenllian and her two sons [his brother] Morgan Dinefwr and [his brother] Maelgwn Dinefwr were killed.
On 10th October 1136 [the date is uncertain] the Battle of Crug Mawr aka Cardigan between Welsh and Normans for control of Ceredigion, West Wales. The Welsh, led by [his uncle] Owain "Great" King Gwynedd (age 36), [his uncle] Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd Aberffraw (age 36) and [his father] Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth (age 55) defeated Normans led by Robert Fitzmartin,; a significant setback to Norman expansion in Wales.
Einion Aberffraw was killed.
The exact location of the battle is unknown. Possibly near Crug Mawr [Map]. However, Annales Cambriae has "A battle was fought before the castle" followed by "others drowned in the river Teifi" suggesting the castle referred to may have been Cilgerran Castle [Map] which is on the River Teifi.
Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1137. [his father] Griffyth-ap-Rhys (age 56), king of Wales, perished through the artifices of his [his mother] wife.1
Note 1. So far from this being the case, Gwenlian, the wife of Griffythap-Rhys, prince of South Wales, a woman of a gallant spirit, seconded her husband's efforts for independence, and, in his absence, took the field in person at the head of her forces. See Giraldus Cambrensis Itin. i., c. iv., and Dr. Powell's notes: see also Warrington's History of Wales, p. 293.
In 1153 Maredudd (age 23) succeeded King Deheubarth.
In 1155 Maredudd (age 25) died.
Kings Gwynedd: Great Grand Son of Cynan ab Iago King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 5 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 3 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain King Deheubarth
Great x 3 Grandfather: Einion Dinefwr
Great x 2 Grandfather: Cadell Dinefwr
Great x 1 Grandfather: Tewdwr ap Cadell Dinefwr
GrandFather: Rhys ap Tewdwr King Deheubarth
Father: Gruffudd ap Rhys King Deheubarth
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gwerystan ap Gwaithfoed Mathrafal
Great x 2 Grandfather: Cynfyn ap Gwersytan Mathrafal
Great x 3 Grandmother: Nest ferch Cadell ap Brochfael King Powys
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn Mathrafal
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain King Deheubarth
Great x 3 Grandfather: Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Angharad ferch Maredudd unlYwjpU
GrandMother: Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon Mathrafal Queen Consort Deheubarth
Great x 4 Grandfather: Meurig ap Idwal Aberffraw
Great x 3 Grandfather: Idwal ap Meurig Aberffraw
Great x 2 Grandfather: Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig Aberffraw Prince Gwynedd
Great x 1 Grandfather: Cynan ab Iago King Gwynedd
GrandFather: King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sitric Silkbeard King Dublin
Great x 2 Grandfather: Olaf mac Sitriuc
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ragnaillt Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd
Mother: Gwenllian Aberffraw Queen Consort Deheubarth
Great x 4 Grandfather: Einion Dinefwr
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gronwy Ap Einion Dinefwr
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edwin of Tegeingl
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edwin Earl of Mercia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ethelfleda or Aldgyth of Mercia
Great x 1 Grandfather: Owain ab Edwin
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gwerystan ap Gwaithfoed Mathrafal
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cynfyn ap Gwersytan Mathrafal
Great x 4 Grandmother: Nest ferch Cadell ap Brochfael King Powys
Great x 2 Grandmother: Iwerydd Mathrafal
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sitric Silkbeard King Dublin
Great x 3 Grandmother: Unnamed d Sitric Silkbeard King Dublin
GrandMother: Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd