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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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Paternal Family Tree: Blackett
On 10th July 1645 [his father] William Blackett 1st Baronet (age 24) and [his mother] Elizabeth Kirkley were married at Hamsterley, County Durham [Map].
On 25th October 1649 Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet was born to [his father] William Blackett 1st Baronet (age 28) and [his mother] Elizabeth Kirkley.
On 12th December 1673 [his father] William Blackett 1st Baronet (age 52) was created 1st Baronet Blackett of Newcastle in Northumberland.
In 1674 Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Mary Norton were married.
On 7th April 1674 [his mother] Elizabeth Kirkley died. She was buried at Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map].
After 7th April 1674 [his father] William Blackett 1st Baronet (age 52) and Lady Margaret Cock were married. She by marriage Lady Blackett of Newcastle in Northumberland.
In or before 1676 [his wife] Mary Norton died.
In 1676 Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet (age 26) and Mary Yorke Lady Blackett (age 19) were married.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 16th May 1680 [his father] William Blackett 1st Baronet (age 59) died. His son Edward (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Blackett of Newcastle in Northumberland. [his wife] Mary Yorke Lady Blackett (age 23) by marriage Lady Blackett of Newcastle in Northumberland.
In 1683 [his son] William Blackett was born to Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet (age 33) and [his wife] Mary Yorke Lady Blackett (age 26). He married in or before 1704 Diana Delaval, daughter of Ralph Delaval 2nd Baronet and Diana Booth Lady Delaval and Blackett, and had issue.
In 1683 [his son] Edward Blackett 3rd Baronet was born to Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet (age 33) and [his wife] Mary Yorke Lady Blackett (age 26). He married before 1st March 1756 Mary Jekyll.
On or after 22nd November 1684 Ralph Delaval 2nd Baronet (age 34) and [his future wife] Diana Booth Lady Delaval and Blackett were married. She by marriage Lady Delaval of Seaton in Northumberland.
Before 1699 [his wife] Mary Yorke Lady Blackett (age 41) died.
In 1699 Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet (age 49) and Diana Booth Lady Delaval and Blackett were married. She by marriage Lady Blackett of Newcastle in Northumberland.
In or before 1704 [his son] William Blackett (age 20) and [his daughter-in-law] Diana Delaval (age 17) were married.
On 7th October 1713 [his wife] Diana Booth Lady Delaval and Blackett died.
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 1718 [his son] William Blackett (age 35) died.
On 23rd April 1718 Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet (age 68) died. He was buried in Ripon Cathedral [Map]. His son Edward (age 35) succeeded 3rd Baronet Blackett of Newcastle in Northumberland.
[his son] John Blackett of Newby Park was born to Edward Blackett 2nd Baronet and Mary Yorke Lady Blackett.
Father: William Blackett 1st Baronet 
GrandFather: Michael Kirkley Merchant of Newcastle
Mother: Elizabeth Kirkley