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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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Biography of Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard 1752-1824

Paternal Family Tree: Maynard

In 1751 [his father] William Maynard 4th Baronet (age 30) and [his mother] Charlotte Bishopp Baroness Maynard (age 20) were married Baron Maynard of Wicklow. She by marriage Lady Maynard of Walthamstow in Essex.

On 9th August 1752 Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard was born to [his father] William Maynard 4th Baronet (age 31) and [his mother] Charlotte Bishopp Baroness Maynard (age 21).

On 28th October 1766 Charles Maynard 1st Viscount Maynard (age 76) was created 1st Viscount Maynard of Easton Lodge in Essex, 1st Baron Maynard of Much Easton in Essex with a special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to (his third cousin) [his father] William Maynard 4th Baronet (age 45).

On 23rd March 1769 Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 33) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32) were divorced when he discovered she was pregnant by her lover John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) whom she subsequently married. Plans to marry his mistress [his future wife] Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 34), if they existed, were undermined by the discovery he discovered she was having an affair with John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 23).

On 18th January 1772 [his father] William Maynard 4th Baronet (age 51) died. His son Charles (age 19) succeeded 5th Baronet Maynard of Walthamstow in Essex.

On 24th September 1776 Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard (age 24) and Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 41) were married.

Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses

Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.

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In 1784 [his wife] Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 49) became interested in Francis Russell 5th Duke Bedford (age 18). She and her husband Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard (age 31), and Francis Russell 5th Duke Bedford spent the winter of 1785/1786 in Nice.

On 8th October 1803 [his mother] Charlotte Bishopp Baroness Maynard (age 72) died.

In 1814 or 1815 [his wife] Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 79) died at Paris [Map].

On 10th March 1824 Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard (age 71) died. His nephew Charles (age 37) succeeded 3rd Viscount Maynard of Easton Lodge in Essex, 3rd Baron Maynard of Much Easton in Essex, 6th Baronet Maynard of Walthamstow in Essex.

Royal Ancestors of Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard 1752-1824

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 29 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard 1752-1824

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Maynard

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Maynard of Estaines Parva

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Maynard

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Pearson

Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Pearson

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Maynard 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Zegar Corsellis

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Corsellis

GrandFather: Henry Maynard 3rd Baronet

Father: William Maynard 4th Baronet

GrandMother: Catherine Gounter Lady Maynard

Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bishopp 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Bishopp 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Weston 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son 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 Grandmother: Mary Tufton 8 x Great Grand Daughter 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 1 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 5th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Cecil Bishopp 6th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Mother: Charlotte Bishopp Baroness Maynard 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England