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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Paternal Family Tree: Kaye aka Lister-Kaye
Before 1663 [his father] John Kaye 2nd Baronet (age 21) and [his mother] Ann Lister Lady Kaye were married. She by marriage Lady Kaye of Woodsome Hall in Yorkshire.
Around 1670 Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet was born to [his father] John Kaye 2nd Baronet (age 29) and [his mother] Ann Lister Lady Kaye.
On 2nd March 1686 Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet (age 16) was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
Around June 1702 [his mother] Ann Lister Lady Kaye died.
On 8th August 1706 [his father] John Kaye 2nd Baronet (age 65) died. His son Arthur (age 36) succeeded 3rd Baronet Kaye of Woodsome Hall in Yorkshire.
Around 1707 [his daughter] Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford was born to Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet (age 37). She married (1) before 20th June 1731 George Legge, son of William Legge 1st Earl Dartmouth and Anne Finch Countess Dartmouth, and had issue (2) 24th January 1736 Francis North 1st Earl Guildford, son of Francis North 2nd Baron Guildford and Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford, and had issue.
In 1710 Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet (age 40) was elected MP Yorkshire.
In 1713 Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet (age 43) was elected MP Yorkshire.
In 1715 Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet (age 45) was elected MP Yorkshire.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1722 Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet (age 52) was elected MP Yorkshire.
On 10th July 1726 Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet (age 56) died. His nephew John (age 28) succeeded 4th Baronet Kaye of Woodsome Hall in Yorkshire.
GrandFather: John Kaye 1st Baronet
Father: John Kaye 2nd Baronet
GrandFather: William Lister 
Mother: Ann Lister Lady Kaye