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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: Heveningham
Maternal Family Tree: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury 1364-1424
Before 7th February 1546 [her father] Anthony Heveningham (age 45) and Catherine Calthorpe were married.
After 7th February 1546 [her father] Anthony Heveningham (age 45) and [her mother] Mary Shelton (age 36) were married. They were first cousin once removed.
Around 1550 Abigail Heveningham was born to Anthony Heveningham (age 49) and Mary Shelton (age 40) at Ketteringham, Norfolk.
On 22nd November 1557 [her father] Anthony Heveningham (age 56) died.
After 22nd November 1557 Philip Appleyard (age 29) and [her mother] Mary Shelton (age 47) were married.
On or before 8th January 1571, the day she was buried at the Church of St Margaret, Heveningham, [her mother] Mary Shelton (age 61) died.
In or before 1574 George Digby (age 23) and Abigail Heveningham (age 23) were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.
In 1574 [her son] Robert Digby was born to [her husband] George Digby (age 23) and Abigail Heveningham (age 24).
In February 1580 [her son] John Digby 1st Earl Bristol was born to [her husband] George Digby (age 29) and Abigail Heveningham (age 30) at Coleshill, Warwickshire.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In or before 1586 [her future husband] Edward Cordell (age 50) and Elizabeth Harrison were married.
In April 1587 [her husband] George Digby (age 36) died at Coleshill, Warwickshire. He had made his will the previous April. It was proved 11 May 1587. He divided his lands between his widow Abigail Heveningham (age 37) and his eldest surviving son [her son] Robert Digby (age 13), and was buried at Coleshill.
After April 1587 Edward Cordell (age 51) and Abigail Heveningham (age 37) were married.
On 9th December 1590 [her husband] Edward Cordell (age 54) died. He was buried at St Dunstan's in the West, Fleet Street [Map] where his wife Abigail Heveningham (age 40) commissioned a monument, His will was proved 20 Jan 1591. He left to his wife and sole executrix all his freehold and other lands in several counties, together with his house in Fleet Street, and made provision for the almshouse his brother had founded at Long Melford.
On 19th April 1598 [her son] Robert Digby (age 24) and [her daughter-in-law] Lettice Fitzgerald (age 18) were married. They were third cousin once removed.
In 1609 [her son] John Digby 1st Earl Bristol (age 28) and [her daughter-in-law] Beatrice Walcott were married.
In 1611 Abigail Heveningham (age 61) died
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Heveningham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Heveningham
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Heveningham
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Heveningham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savile of Thornhill
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Savile 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Gascoigne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Savile 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Harrington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Harrington 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dacre 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: John Heveningham of Ketteringham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Father: Anthony Heveningham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Shelton
GrandMother: Alice Shelton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Clere
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Clere
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Uvedale
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Uvedale
Abigail Heveningham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Shelton
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Shelton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Clere
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Clere
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Uvedale
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Uvedale
GrandFather: John Shelton
Mother: Mary Shelton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Jane Bracton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bracton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Bracton
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Felton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wychingham of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Anne Boleyn 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Welles Countess Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Montagu Duchess Exeter 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury