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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: Zouche
Around 1588 Edward Zouche of Woking was born to William Zouche (age 25).
In 1598 Edward Zouche of Woking (age 10) and Anne Brittayne were married.
After 1598 Edward Zouche of Woking (age 10) and Elizabeth Middlemore were married. She a sister of Anne of Denmark's maid of honour Mary Middlemore.
On 9th May 1609 Edward Zouche of Woking (age 21) was appointed Steward of Woking Manor or Palace and keeper of the park.
In 1612 Edward Zouche of Woking (age 24) and Dorothy Silking were married. She a chamberer in the household of Anne of Denmark.
In 1615 [his son] James Zouche was born to Edward Zouche of Woking (age 27) and [his wife] Dorothy Silking.
In 1618 [his daughter] Sophia Zouche was born to Edward Zouche of Woking (age 30) and [his wife] Dorothy Silking.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 13th May 1619. The 13th I was one of the mourners at the Queen's funeral. I attended the corpse from Somerset House to the Abbey at Westminster. My Lord (age 30) was also one of the Earls that mourned. I went all the way hand in hand. with my Lady Lincoln after the sermon, and, all the ceremonies ended, my Lord, myself, and the Earl of Warwick (age 31) and his Lady (age 29) came home by barges, being come home I went to my Sister Beauchamp to shew her my mourning attire. At the funeral I met with my old Lady Pembroke (age 57) and divers others of my acquaintance with whom I had much talk. My Coz. Clifford was also a mourner and bare the banner after the Lords. When all the company was gone and the Church door shut up the Dean of Westminster, the Prebends, Sir Edward Zouch (age 31), who was Knight Marshall, came up a private way and buried the corpse at the east end of Henry the 7th Chapel about 7 o'clock at night. There was 180 poor women mourners. I went to see Lord Hertford (which was the last time I ever saw him) in Channel Row and spake very earnestly in Wood's behalf, but I could not prevail and his answer was that he would not pay any of his grandchildren's debts after his death.
This night my Lord made a great supper to two or three of the Frenchmen that came over with the embassador. After supper there was a play and then a banquet at which my Lady Penniston (age 24) and a great many of Lords and Ladies there.
The 13th. It is past 13 years and a month since my Father's funeral was kept and solemnized in the Church at Skipton as Queen Ann's Body was this night buried in the Abbey Church at Westminster.
In 1620 Edward Zouche of Woking (age 32) was appointed keeper of Woking Palace. In November that year, Zouch was given the manors of Woking, Bagshot, and Chobham, with the proviso that he should return the service of carrying the first dish to the king's table on the Feast of St James and pay £100. He was also Forester of Woking. Sir Edward proceeded to build himself a new dwellinghouse on some higher ground at Hoe Bridge, about a mile to the north of the palace; this was Hoe Bridge Place or Hoe Place.
On 28th August 1620 Edward Zouche of Woking (age 32) wrote to his cousin Lord Zouch of Odiham that he intended to offer King James and Prince Charles more mirth in their forthcoming visit to Woking than the Bishop of Winchester would at Farnham, with masques every night. King James stayed at Woking with Zouch at the start of September 1624. He hunted towards Busbridge, and wrote to the Duke of Buckingham that he would stay longer, "so earnest I am to kill more of Zouch's great stags."
All About History Books
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.
On 7th June 1634 Edward Zouche of Woking (age 46) died. In his will, he requested that he be buried at St Peter's Church, Woking [Map] 'at night'. There is a Latin memorial inscription to Zouch placed by his wife in St Peter's Church, noting his court position as "Marescalli Aulici", or "Marshall of the Household".
In 1640 [his former wife] Dorothy Silking died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Zouche 6th Baron Zouche Harringworth 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Lenthall 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Zouche 8th Baron Zouche Harringworth 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Arches
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Zouche 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Capell of Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Capell
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Capell Baroness Zouche Harringworth 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Arundell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Thomas Zouche 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St Leger 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James St Leger 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Donet
Great x 2 Grandfather: George St Leger 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine St Leger 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Knyvet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Grey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Knyvet 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tyrrell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Tyrrell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Darcy
Father: William Zouche 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ludlow 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ludlow 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ludlow 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Ludlow 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Philippa Ludlow 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Windsor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Edith Windsor 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Blount 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helena Byron Baroness Mountjoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Echingham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Echingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret West 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Edward Zouche of Woking 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England