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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Eileen Lavery 1891-1935

1889. John Lavery [aged 32]. "Eileen, Her First Communion". Portrait of Eileen Lavery.

In 1889 John Lavery [aged 32] and [her mother] Kathleen MacDermott were married.

In or before 1891 Eileen Lavery was born to John Lavery [aged 34] and Kathleen MacDermott.

In 1891 [her mother] Kathleen MacDermott died of tuberculosis.

1901. John Lavery [aged 44]. "Eileen [aged 10], her first communion".

1909. John Lavery [aged 52]. "The Mother", showing the artist's daughter Eileen [aged 18] with her child.

In 1909 John Lavery [aged 52] and Hazel Martyn [aged 28] were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years.

In 1912 James Dickinson and Eileen Lavery [aged 21] were married. They were divorced before 1920. She the daughter of John Lavery [aged 55] and Kathleen MacDermott.

In 1919 William Francis Forbes-Sempill 10th Baronet 19th Lord Sempill [aged 25] and Eileen Lavery [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of John Lavery [aged 62] and Kathleen MacDermott.

In 1920 [her daughter] Ann Moira Forbes-Semphill was born to [her husband] William Francis Forbes-Sempill 10th Baronet 19th Lord Sempill [aged 26] and Eileen Lavery [aged 29].

Around 1923 [her son] June Mary Forbes-Semphill was born to [her husband] William Francis Forbes-Sempill 10th Baronet 19th Lord Sempill [aged 29] and Eileen Lavery [aged 32].

Around 1924. John Lavery [aged 67]. "Mrs Forbes-Semphill". Portrait of the artist's daughter Eileen Lavery [aged 33] and his grand-daughter Ann Moira Forbes-Semphill [aged 4].

Ann Moira Forbes-Semphill: In 1920 she was born to William Francis Forbes-Sempill 10th Baronet 19th Lord Sempill and Eileen Lavery. On 30th December 1965 William Francis Forbes-Sempill 10th Baronet 19th Lord Sempill died. Ann Moira Forbes-Semphill inherited the Semphill peerage. The Baronetcy passed to his younger sibling Ewans Forbes who had been registered at birth and raised as female, but lived as a man, and had his birth re-registered as male. This inheritance was challenged on grounds of sex by a cousin, John Forbes-Sempill, but upheld in the courts.

In 1935 Eileen Lavery [aged 44] died.

On 30th December 1965 [her former husband] William Francis Forbes-Sempill 10th Baronet 19th Lord Sempill [aged 72] died. [her daughter] Ann Moira Forbes-Semphill [aged 45] inherited the Semphill peerage. The Baronetcy passed to his younger sibling Ewans Forbes who had been registered at birth and raised as female, but lived as a man, and had his birth re-registered as male. This inheritance was challenged on grounds of sex by a cousin, John Forbes-Sempill, but upheld in the courts.