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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.

Biography of King Eadbert I of Kent -748

Paternal Family Tree: Oisingas

King Eadbert I of Kent was born to King Wihtred of Kent.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 725. This year died [his father] Wihtred (age 55), King of Kent, on the ninth day before the calends of May, after a reign of thirty-two winters. His pedigree is above; and he was succeeded by Eadbert. Ina (age 55) this year also fought with the South-Saxons, and slew Ealdbert, the etheling, whom he had before driven into exile.

On 23rd April 725 [his father] King Wihtred of Kent (age 55) died. His son Eadbert succeeded King of Kent. He may have eigned with his brothers [his brother] King Æthelbert II of Kent and [his brother] King Alric of Kent.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 748. This year was slain Cynric, etheling of the West-Saxons; Edbert, King of Kent, died; and [his brother] Ethelbert (age 23), son of [his father] King Wihtred, succeeded to the kingdom.

In 748 King Eadbert I of Kent died. His brother [his brother] Æthelbert (age 23) succeeded King of Kent.

Ancestors of King Eadbert I of Kent -748

Great x 4 Grandfather: Eormenric King of Kent

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Æthelberht of Kent

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Eadbald of Kent

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charibert King Paris Merovingian

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ingoberga Unknown Queen Consort Paris

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Eorcenberht of Kent

Great x 3 Grandfather: Theudebert II King Austrasia

Great x 2 Grandmother: Emma Austrasia Queen Consort Kent

GrandFather: King Ecgberht I of Kent

Great x 4 Grandfather: Tytila King East Anglia

Great x 3 Grandfather: Eni Wuffingas

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Anna of East Anglia

Great x 1 Grandmother: Seaxburh Wuffingas Queen Consort Kent

Father: King Wihtred of Kent

King Eadbert I of Kent