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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 Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland 1754-1787

Paternal Family Tree: Manners

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Hussey 1389-1418

On 3rd September 1750 [his father] John Manners Marquess of Granby (age 29) and [his mother] Frances Seymour (age 22) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset and [his grandmother] Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset (age 57). He the son of [his grandfather] John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 53) and [his grandmother] Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland. They were fifth cousins.

On 15th March 1754 Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland was born to John Manners Marquess of Granby (age 33) and Frances Seymour (age 25).

On 25th January 1761 [his mother] Frances Seymour (age 32) died.

Around 1764 Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland (age 9) educated at Eton College [Map].

Around 1770 Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland (age 15) educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].

On 18th October 1770 [his father] John Manners Marquess of Granby (age 49) died.

On 26th December 1775 Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland (age 21) and Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort and Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort (age 62). They were half fourth cousins.

In 1778 [his son] John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland was born to Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland (age 23) and [his wife] Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland (age 21).

On 29th May 1779 [his grandfather] John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 82) died. His grandson Charles (age 25) succeeded 4th Duke Rutland, 4th Marquess Grandby, 12th Earl of Rutland, 4th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. [his wife] Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland (age 22) by marriage Duchess Rutland.

On 24th October 1780 [his son] Charles Henry Manners was born to Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland (age 26) and [his wife] Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland (age 24).

All About History Books

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.

On 14th December 1781 [his son] Robert William Manners was born to Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland (age 27) and [his wife] Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland (age 25).

1782 Creation of Garter Knights

In 1782 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 43) created new Garter Knights as follows:

596th King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 16),

597th Charles Lennox 3rd Duke Richmond (age 46),

598th William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire (age 34),

599th William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne (age 44),

600th Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland (age 27).

In 1783 [his son] William Robert Albanac Manners was born to Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland (age 28) and [his wife] Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland (age 26).

On 11th February 1784 Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland (age 29) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

On 24th October 1787 Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland (age 33) died at Phoenix Park Lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin. His son [his son] John (age 9) succeeded 5th Duke Rutland, 5th Marquess Grandby, 13th Earl of Rutland, 5th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire.

On 2nd September 1831 [his former wife] Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland (age 75) died.

[his daughter] Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester was born to Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland and Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Isabella Manners was born to Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland and Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland.

Royal Ancestors of Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland 1754-1787

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland 1754-1787

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness

GrandFather: John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Russell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Carr Countess of Bedford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Daniel de Massue Seigneur de Rouvigny

Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Massue Countess Southampton

Father: John Manners Marquess of Granby 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sutton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 1st Baron Lexinton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cony of Bassingthorpe in Lincolnshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Cony

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 2nd Baron Lexinton 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony St Leger 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony St Leger 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary St Leger Baroness Lexington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandMother: Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Hungerford 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Giles Hungerford 14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Crouch of Cornhill

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Crouch

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Hungerford Baroness Lexington 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Grey Countess Hertford Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Honora Rogers

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Prynne of Allington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Prynne 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Wymond Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Davys 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Alington 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Alington 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Alington 1st Baron Alington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Cromwell 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tollemache Baroness Alington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Lady Talmash 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Macwilliams Baroness Stanhope

Mother: Frances Seymour 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Moyle Finch 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Bell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Bell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Knyvet 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Daniel Harvey

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harvey Baroness Finch

GrandMother: Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Hatton 1st Baron Hatton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fanshawe 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Hatton 1st Viscount Hatton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montagu Baroness Hatton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Whitmore

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Cicely Tufton Viscountess Hatton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England