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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
On 14th April 1664 [his father] William Williams 1st Baronet (age 30) and [his mother] Margaret Kyffin were married. They had four sons and one daughter.
Around 1665 William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet was born to [his father] William Williams 1st Baronet (age 31) and [his mother] Margaret Kyffin.
In 1680 and 1681 [his father] William Williams 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1687 [his father] William Williams 1st Baronet (age 53) was appointed Solicitor General.
On 6th June 1687 William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 22) and Jane Thelwall were married.
In June 1688 [his father] William Williams 1st Baronet (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Williams of Gray's Inn.
Around 1692 [his son] Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet was born to William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 27) and [his wife] Jane Thelwall. He married (1) before July 1748 Ann Vaughan (2) July 1748 Frances Shackerley Lady Williams-Wynn and had issue.
On 11th July 1700 [his father] William Williams 1st Baronet (age 66) died. He was buried at Llansilin. His son William (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baronet Williams of Gray's Inn.
In 1704 William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire.
In 1706 [his wife] Jane Thelwall died.
After 1706 William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 41) and Catherine Davies were married.
In 1708 William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 43) was elected MP Denbigh Boroughs.
On 11th January 1719 John Wynn 5th Baronet (age 91) died without issue. Baronet Wynn of Gwydir extinct. He bequeathed his estates, the second or third largest in Wales, to his second-cousin once-removed [his former wife] Jane Thelwall, who had predeceased him, daughter of his great-aunt Sydney Wynn (age 79). By doing so the his estates and the Williams estates of her former husband William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 54), also the second or third largest in Wales, were combined into the largest estate in Wales which far execeeded any other. At this time William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet changed his surname from Williams to Williams-Wynn.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 20th October 1740 William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 75) died. His son Watkin (age 48) succeeded 3rd Baronet Williams of Gray's Inn.
William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet
Mother: Margaret Kyffin