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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.
Maternal Family Tree: Joan Trelake 1573
In 1579 Francis Barrington 1st Baronet (age 19) and [his aunt] Joan Cromwell (age 14) were married. She an aunt of Parliamentary leaders Oliver Cromwell and John Hampden. Her younger sister [his mother] Frances Cromwell (age 3) was mother to regicide Edward Whalley. They had four sons abd five daughters.
In July 1595 [his father] Richard Whalley of Kirton (age 29) and [his mother] Frances Cromwell (age 19) were married at St Benet Sherehog Cordwainer Ward.
Around 1607 Edward Whalley was born to Richard Whalley of Kirton (age 41) and Frances Cromwell (age 31).
On 7th February 1626 Edward Whalley (age 19) and Judith Duffield of Rochester in Kent were married at St Dunstan's Church Stepney.
After 7th February 1626 [his daughter] Frances Whalley was born to Edward Whalley (age 19) and [his wife] Judith Duffield of Rochester in Kent.
In or after 1633 Edward Whalley (age 26) and Mary Middleton were married.
Before 1635 [his father] Richard Whalley of Kirton (age 69) died at Hinchinbrooke.
Before 1635 [his father] Richard Whalley of Kirton (age 69) and Anne Horsey (age 59) were married.
In 1639 [his mother] Frances Cromwell (age 63) died at Kirton, Nottinghamshire.
On 23rd January 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 48) was tried at Westminster Hall [Map] by Henry Mildmay (age 56). The fifty-nine signatories of his Death Warrant were:
4 Edward Whalley
14 [his future son-in-law] Major-General William Goffe
21 Admiral Richard Deane
42 John Jones
45 Major General Charles Fleetwood
54 Gregory Clement
55 John Downes
57 Thomas Scot
58 John Carew
The commissioners who sat at the trial but did not sign the Death Warrant included:
William Monson 1st Viscount Monson (age 50)
James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 41)
The Captain of the Guard was Daniel Axtell (age 27). The guards included Francis Hacker, Matthew Tomlinson (age 31).
The Solicitor-General was John Cook (age 41).
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Around 1650 [his son-in-law] Major-General William Goffe (age 45) and [his daughter] Frances Whalley (age 23) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
In 27th July 1660 Edward Whalley (age 53) and his son-in-law, [his son-in-law] Major-General William Goffe (age 55), another regicide, landed at Boston, Massachusetts. They lived, thereafter, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Around 1675 Edward Whalley (age 68) died at Hadley, Hampshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Kings England: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Franks: Great x 27 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Father: Richard Whalley of Kirton
Edward Whalley 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Morgan Williams
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Cromwell aka Williams 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cromwell 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Cromwell 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Cromwell 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Glossop
GrandFather: Henry Cromwell aka Williams 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Murfyn
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Mirfyn
Mother: Frances Cromwell 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Warren of Feering in Essex
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Warren
GrandMother: Joan Warren
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Lake alias Davy of Cornwall
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Trelake