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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.
Around 1561 Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet was born to Anthony Ashley of Damerham (age 19). His date of birth is unclear. Some sources indicate 1551 which would make his father aged ten. His father's date of birth is top the day so 1551 adjusted to 1561.
In or before 1588 Thomas Cockayne (age 36) and [his future wife] Jane Okeover (age 13) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years.
Around 1592 Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet (age 31) and Jane Okeover (age 18) were married.
On 13th June 1596 Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex (age 30) departed from Plymouth, Devon [Map] with a fleet of 150 English and Dutch ships divided into four squads with 6,360 private soldiers, 1,000 English volunteers, and 6,772 sailors.
Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 60) was admiral in command. Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex commanded the land forces. Edward Conway 1st Viscount Conway (age 32) commanded a foot Regiment.
Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 34), Walter Raleigh (age 42), Francis de Vere (age 35) each commanded a squadron.
Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet (age 35) represented Queen Elizabeth (age 62).
Toby Caulfeild 1st Baron Caulfeild (age 30) was present.
In 1620 [his wife] Jane Okeover (age 46) died of smallpox. The year also reported as 1622 when her former husband remarried and 1628.
In 1622 Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet (age 61) and Lady Philippa Sheldon (age 19) were married. She by marriage Lady Ashley of Wimborne St Giles in Dorset. The difference in their ages was 42 years.
On 3rd July 1622 Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Ashley of Wimborne St Giles in Dorset.
After January 1628 Carew Raleigh (age 23) and [his wife] Lady Philippa Sheldon (age 25) were married.
On 13th January 1628 Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet (age 67) died. He was buried at Wimborne St Giles Church. Baronet Ashley of Wimborne St Giles in Dorset extinct.
[his daughter] Anne Ashley Lady Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet and Jane Okeover.