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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Murray Paternal Family Tree
William Murray
Died 1583
11 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Father: Robert Hay Murray
Robert Evelyn Hay Murray
Born 01 Oct 1851
Died 23 Feb 1910 (58)
12 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Father: Robert Evelyn Hay Murray
Eleanor Marjorie Hay Murray
Born 24 Nov 1880
29 Jul 1911 m John Fischer Williams x 1
Died 14 Oct 1961 (80)
6 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Father: John Murray 1st Duke Atholl
Mother: Mary Ross Duchess Atholl
Wilhelmina Caroline Murray
Born 28 May 1718
Died May 1720 (1)
6 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland
Father: John Murray 1st Duke Atholl
Mother: Mary Ross Duchess Atholl
Amelia Anne Murray
Born 20 Apr 1721
Died 26 Apr 1721 (0)
7 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Father: Alexander Murray 8th Earl of Dunmore
Mother: Lucinda Dorothea Kemble Countess Dunmore
Edward Murray
Born 03 Apr 1908
Killed in action 05 Jun 1940 (32)
8 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Father: Edward Murray
John Murray 9th Earl of Dunmore
Earl Dunmore
Born 03 Apr 1939
Died 1980 (40)
9 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Father: Alexander Murray
Virginius Murray
Born 20 Sep 1817
Died 25 Dec 1861 (44)
10 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Father: Virginius Murray
Reginald Murray
Born 18 Feb 1846
Died 05 Sep 1925 (79)
11 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland
Father: Reginald Murray
Arthur Murray
Born 09 Sep 1882
Died 05 Sep 1964 (81)
