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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: Williams Wynn
Before July 1748 [his father] Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet (age 56) and Ann Vaughan were married.
In July 1748 [his father] Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet (age 56) and [his mother] Frances Shackerley Lady Williams-Wynn (age 27) were married. She was his god-daughter. The difference in their ages was 29 years.
On 23rd September 1749 Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet was born to Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet (age 57) and Frances Shackerley Lady Williams-Wynn (age 28).
On 26th September 1749 [his father] Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet (age 57) died. His son Watkin succeeded 4th Baronet Williams of Gray's Inn. [his future wife] Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn (age 1) by marriage Lady Williams of Gray's Inn.
After 1769. Joshua Reynolds (age 45). Portrait of Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet (age 19) and [his future wife] Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn (age 20). The couple are depicted life-size in matching black and pink Van Dyck costume, and are holding theatrical masks in a curtained architectural setting, beside a massive vase. The picture was presumably a marriage portrait although the black costume of the figures suggest that it was completed as a memorial portrait after Henrietta Williams-Wynn's death in 1770.
Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn: On 26th April 1748 she was born to Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort and Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort. On 26th September 1749 Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet died. His son Watkin succeeded 4th Baronet Williams of Gray's Inn. She by marriage Lady Williams of Gray's Inn. On 13th April 1769 Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet and she were married. She died fifteen weeks later. She the daughter of Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort and Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort.
On 13th April 1769 Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet (age 19) and Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn (age 20) were married. She died fifteen weeks later. She the daughter of Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort and Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort (age 56).
On or before 25th July 1770 [his daughter] Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn Baroness Delamere was born to Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet (age 20) and [his wife] Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn (age 22).
On 25th July 1770 [his wife] Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn (age 22) died of unknown causes. Monument [Map] to Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn sculpted by Joseph Nollekens (age 32).
In December 1771 Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet (age 22) and Charlotte Granville Lady Williams-Wynn (age 17) were married. She by marriage Lady Williams of Gray's Inn.
On 25th October 1772 [his son] Watkin Williams-Wynn 5th Baronet was born to Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet (age 23) and [his wife] Charlotte Granville Lady Williams-Wynn (age 18).
In 1775 [his brother-in-law] George Nugent Temple Grenville 1st Marquess Buckingham (age 21) and Mary Elizabeth Nugent Marchioness Buckingham (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 66) and Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 55).
On 9th October 1775 [his son] Charles Williams-Wynn was born to Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet (age 26) and [his wife] Charlotte Granville Lady Williams-Wynn (age 21).
On 12th September 1779 Richard Grenville-Temple 2nd Earl Temple (age 67) died in a carriage accident without surviving issue. His nephew [his brother-in-law] George (age 26) succeeded 3rd Earl Temple, 4th Viscount Cobham.
On 10th May 1782 Hugh Fortescue 1st Earl Fortescue (age 29) and [his sister-in-law] Hester Granville Countess Fortescue (age 16) were married.
On 16th March 1783 [his son] Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn was born to Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet (age 33) and [his wife] Charlotte Granville Lady Williams-Wynn (age 29).
All About History Books
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.
In December 1784 [his brother-in-law] George Nugent Temple Grenville 1st Marquess Buckingham (age 31) was created 1st Marquess Buckingham.
On 13th October 1788 Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 79) died. [his brother-in-law] George Nugent Temple Grenville 1st Marquess Buckingham (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Nugent. Viscount Clare, Baron Nugent extinct.
On 24th July 1789 Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet (age 39) died. His son [his son] Watkin (age 16) succeeded 5th Baronet Williams of Gray's Inn.
On 29th September 1830 [his former wife] Charlotte Granville Lady Williams-Wynn (age 76) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 29 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 23 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Williams
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Williams 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Emma Dolben
GrandFather: William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Kyffin
Father: Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Thelwall of Plas-y-Ward
GrandMother: Jane Thelwall
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Wynn
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Wynn 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sian Bulkeley
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Wynn
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gerard
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sidney Gerard
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sydney Wynn
Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: George Shackerley of Hulme
Mother: Frances Shackerley Lady Williams-Wynn 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Bagot 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hervey Bagot 1st Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cave
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Bagot 2nd Baronet 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Bagot 3rd Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Anne Bagot 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Salusbury
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Salusbury
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Salusbury
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Salusbury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Thelwall