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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: Abbott
On 9th January 1834 [his father] Charles Abbott (age 30) and [his mother] Emily Frances Stuart were married at St Mary's Church, Bryanston Square, Marylebone.
On 26th December 1834 Charles Stuart Abbott 3rd Baron Tenterden was born to Charles Abbott (age 31) and Emily Frances Stuart.
In 1838 [his father] Charles Abbott (age 34) died. His son Charles (age 3) succeeded 3rd Baron Tenterden of Hendon in Middlesex.
In 1854 Charles Stuart Abbott 3rd Baron Tenterden (age 19) was appointed a Clerk in the Foreign Office.
On 2nd August 1859 Charles Stuart Abbott 3rd Baron Tenterden (age 24) and Penelope Smyth Baroness Tenterden (age 19) were married at St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico. She by marriage Baroness Tenterden of Hendon in Middlesex. They were first cousins.
On 30th October 1865 [his son] Charles Abbott 4th Baron Tenterden was born to Charles Stuart Abbott 3rd Baron Tenterden (age 30) and [his wife] Penelope Smyth Baroness Tenterden (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 30th March 1879 [his wife] Penelope Smyth Baroness Tenterden (age 39) died.
On 13th January 1880 Charles Stuart Abbott 3rd Baron Tenterden (age 45) and Emma Mary Bailey Baroness Tenterden (age 37) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Tenterden of Hendon in Middlesex.
On 22nd September 1882 Charles Stuart Abbott 3rd Baron Tenterden (age 47) died at Nelson House, Lynmouth. His son [his son] Charles (age 16) succeeded 4th Baron Tenterden of Hendon in Middlesex.
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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 21st May 1928 [his former wife] Emma Mary Bailey Baroness Tenterden (age 85) died at Monte Carlo.
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Abbott of Centrebury
GrandFather: Charles Abbott 1st Baron Tenterden
Father: Charles Abbott
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Lagier Lamotte of Grotto House, Basildon
GrandMother: Mary Lamotte
Charles Stuart Abbott 3rd Baron Tenterden
GrandFather: Rear-Admiral George Stuart
Mother: Emily Frances Stuart