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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Robartes
In 1657 [his father] Robert Robartes (age 22) and [his mother] Sarah Bodvel (age 20) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 51) and [his grandmother] Lucy Rich Baroness Robartes.
In 1660 Charles Robartes 2nd Earl Radnor was born to Robert Robartes (age 25) and Sarah Bodvel (age 23).
In 1679 Charles Robartes 2nd Earl Radnor (age 19) was elected MP Bossiney.
On 8th February 1682 [his father] Robert Robartes (age 48) died at Denmark.
Before 17th July 1685 Charles Robartes 2nd Earl Radnor (age 25) was elected MP Cornwall.
On 17th July 1685 [his grandfather] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 79) died at Chelsea. His grandson Charles (age 25) succeeded 2nd Earl Radnor, 2nd Viscount Bodmin, 3rd Baron Robartes of Truro in Cornwall, 3rd Baronet Robartes.
In 1689 Charles Robartes 2nd Earl Radnor (age 29) and Elizabeth Cutler Countess Radnor were married. She by marriage Countess Radnor.
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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.
On 13th January 1697 [his wife] Elizabeth Cutler Countess Radnor died.
In 1720 [his mother] Sarah Bodvel (age 83) died.
In 1723 Charles Robartes 2nd Earl Radnor (age 63) died. His nephew Henry (age 28) succeeded 3rd Earl Radnor, 3rd Viscount Bodmin, 4th Baron Robartes of Truro in Cornwall, 4th Baronet Robartes.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 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 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Robartes 1st Baron Robartes
GrandFather: John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor
Father: Robert Robartes 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Rich 2nd Baron Rich of Leez
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Baldry
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Baldry Baroness Rich Leez
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Knollys
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Lucy Rich Baroness Robartes 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Newport of Hunningham in Warwickshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Newport aka Hatton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hatton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Hatton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Hatton Countess Warwick
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas aka Francis Gawdy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gawdy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Coningsby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coningsby
Charles Robartes 2nd Earl Radnor 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Bodvel
GrandFather: John Bodvel
Mother: Sarah Bodvel