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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.
Maternal Family Tree: Cecily Bulstrode 1515
Bulstrode Whitelocke was appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.
In 1602 [his father] James Whitelocke (age 31) and [his mother] Elizabeth Bulstrode (age 27) were married.
On 6th August 1605 Bulstrode Whitelocke was born to James Whitelocke (age 34) and Elizabeth Bulstrode (age 30) at George Croke's House Fleet Street. Bulstrode being his mother's family name.
On 19th August 1605 Bulstrode Whitelocke was baptised at St Dunstan's in the West, Fleet Street [Map].
Around 1617 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 11) educated at Eton College [Map].
In 1618 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 12) educated at Mechant Taylor's School Manor of the Rose St Lawrence Pountney.
On 8th December 1620 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 15) commenced his education at St John's College, Oxford University.
Around 1623 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 17) educated at Middle Temple.
In 1626 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 20) called to the bar.
In 1631 [his mother] Elizabeth Bulstrode (age 56) died.
On 22nd June 1632 [his father] James Whitelocke (age 61) died at Fawley Court, Buckinghamshire [Map].
In or before 1634 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 28) and Rebecca Bennett (age 29) were married.
In or before 1634 [his son] James Whitelocke was born to Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 28) and [his wife] Rebecca Bennett (age 29).
In 1634. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 28).
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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 1634 [his wife] Rebecca Bennett (age 30) died.
After 1634 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 28) and Frances Willoughby were married.
In 1643 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 37) sent to negotiate with King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 12).
In 1644 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 38) sent to negotiate with King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 13).
In 1645 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 39) was appointed Commissioner at Uxbridge during the Treaty of Uxbridge.
In or before 1649 [his daughter] Elizabeth Whitelocke was born to Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 43) and [his wife] Frances Willoughby.
In or before 1649 [his daughter] Hester Whitelocke was born to Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 43) and [his wife] Frances Willoughby.
In or before 1649 [his daughter] Mary Whitelocke was born to Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 43) and [his wife] Frances Willoughby.
In or before 1649 [his daughter] Anne Whitelocke was born to Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 43) and [his wife] Frances Willoughby.
In 1649 [his wife] Frances Willoughby died.
After 1649 [his daughter] Samuel Whitelocke was born to Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 43) and [his wife] Mary Carleton.
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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.
After 1649 [his daughter] Carleton Whitelocke was born to Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 43) and [his wife] Mary Carleton.
After 1649 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 43) and Mary Carleton were married.
In 1650. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 44).
John Evelyn's Diary. 29th April 1652. We went this afternoon to see the Queen's house at Greenwich, now given by the rebels to Bulstrode Whitelockee (age 46), one of their unhappy counselors, and keeper of pretended liberties.
In or before 1658 [his son-in-law] Abraham Hill (age 24) and [his daughter] Anne Whitelocke (age 9) were married.
In 1661 [his daughter] Anne Whitelocke (age 12) died.
On 28th July 1675 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 69) died.
Survey London Volume 4 Chelsea Part II. In the account in the Architectural Review (May, 1911) I have summarised the later history of the house as follows:-"After the great house had been occupied during the Commonwealth by the Parliamentary Commissioners, Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke and John Lisle, the second Duke of Buckingham regained possession. Lost to him, through his debts, the house ultimately passed (1674) into the hands of the trustees for George Digby, Earl of Bristol, and his Countess sold it in 1682 to Henry, Marquess of Worcester, afterwards Duke of Beaufort, the house remaining in his family until 1720. It was during this period, about the year 1699, that Kip's beautiful view of the mansion - now called Beaufort House - was published, a priceless record of the property, so ruthlessly defaced and destroyed by Sir Hans Sloane after he purchased it in 1737. Mr. Randall Davies, whom I have followed in the account of the occupants of the house, has printed the interesting conveyance of the property to Sloane, and if its description is carefully collated with the information in Kip's view, one is struck by the wonderful accuracy of the latter. Here is the great house as shown by Thorpe, its lodges and its forecourts, the wharf, with its brick towers east and west, the orchard and 'one garden environed with brick walls … and a terrace on the north end, with a banqueting house on the east end of the terrace,' as well as 'one great garden … extending from the terrace and banqueting house into the highway on the north.' This banqueting house is alike in detail to the sketch of 'a summer house, Chelsea,' in the Smithson collection of seventeenth-century drawings, now in the possession of Colonel Coke. But valuable as is the representation of the great house, the print has much more information to give us. The great park is there shown in all its original beauty; the Duke of Beaufort's stables and yard, since converted into the historic chapel and burying ground of the Moravians is to the west; and nearer the river the beautiful Jacobean house of Sir Arthur Gorges (our sole evidence of its character and design) and the house and gardens of the Earls of Lindsey. And to the east, below the wide area of Dovecote Close, laid out as a huge kitchen garden, are the fine pleasure grounds of Danvers House, which had been destroyed but three years before the drawing was published.".
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Father: James Whitelocke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Bulstrode
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Bulstrode
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Bulstrode
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Bulstrode
GrandFather: Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley Bulstrode Buckinghamshire
Mother: Elizabeth Bulstrode
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Croke
GrandMother: Cecily Croke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Unton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Unton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Unton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Bulstrode
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Bulstrode
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecily Bulstrode