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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Echingham Paternal Family Tree

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William Echingham

Born 1376

Married Joan Fitzalan x 1

Married Anne Battisford x 1

Died 20 Mar 1413 (37)

Father: William Echingham

Mother: Anne Battisford

Elizabeth Echingham

Born 1394

Married Thomas Hoo

Died 19 Jul 1464 (70)

4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Father: William Echingham

Mother: Joan Fitzalan

Thomas Echingham

Born 1401

Married Margaret Knyvet x 3

Died 15 Oct 1444 (43)

5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Father: Thomas Echingham

Mother: Margaret Knyvet

Anne Echingham Baroness Audley Heighley

Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire

Born 1420

Married John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet x 3

Second Cousin

Died 07 May 1498 (78)

5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Father: Thomas Echingham

Mother: Margaret Knyvet

Thomas Echingham

Born 1424

In or before 1448 m Margaret West x 1

Fourth Cousin

Died 1486 (62)

6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Father: Thomas Echingham

Mother: Margaret West

Margaret Echingham

Born 1448

In or before 1464 m William Blount x 2

Died 17 Jul 1488 (40)

5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Father: Thomas Echingham

Mother: Margaret Knyvet

Richard Echingham

Born 1426

Before 1448 m Joane Pigot x 1

Died 1461 (35)

6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Father: Richard Echingham

Mother: Joane Pigot

John Echingham

Born 1448

Before 1475 m Anne Wingfield x 1

Fourth Cousin

Died 05 Aug 1500 (52)

6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Father: John Echingham

Mother: Anne Wingfield

Edward Echingham

Born 1475

Died 08 Jul 1527 (52)

7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Father: Edward Echingham

Anne Echingham

Born 1525

In or before 1545 m Owen Hopton x 3

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