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: Baring
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Sara Thellusson 1774-1849
In 1802 [his father] Henry Baring [aged 24] and [his step-mother] Maria Matilda Bingham [aged 19] were married.
In 1825 [his father] Henry Baring [aged 47] and [his mother] Cecilia Anne Windham [aged 21] were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years.
On 26th February 1841 Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer was born to [his father] Henry Baring [aged 64] and [his mother] Cecilia Anne Windham [aged 38].
On 13th April 1848 [his father] Henry Baring [aged 71] died.
On 4th May 1854 [his brother-in-law] Charles Harbord 5th Baron Suffield [aged 24] and [his sister] Cecilia Annetta Baring Baroness Suffield [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Baroness Suffield.
In 1861 [his half-brother] Edward Baring 1st Baron Revelstoke [aged 32] and [his sister-in-law] Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel Baroness Revelstoke [aged 22] were married.
On 21st October 1874 [his mother] Cecilia Anne Windham [aged 71] died.
On 28th June 1876 Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer [aged 35] and Ethel Errington [aged 31] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 29th November 1877 [his son] Rowland Baring 2nd Earl Cromer was born to Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer [aged 36] and [his wife] Ethel Errington [aged 32]. He married 4th April 1908 Ruby Florence Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Countess Cromer, daughter of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 4th Earl Minto and Mary Caroline Grey Countess Minto, and had issue.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 29th September 1880 [his son] Windham Baring was born to Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer [aged 39] and [his wife] Ethel Errington [aged 35]. He married 11th July 1913 Gweneth Frida Ponsonby, daughter of Edward Ponsonby 8th Earl Bessborough and Blanche Vere Guest Countess Bessborough.
1883. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer [aged 41].
The London Gazette 25268. Foreign Office, August 29, 1883. THE Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Major Sir Evelyn Baring [aged 42], K.C.S.I., to be Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt and a Minister Plenipotentiary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.
On 17th July 1897 [his half-brother] Edward Baring 1st Baron Revelstoke [aged 69] died. His son [his nephew] John [aged 33] succeeded 2nd Baron Revelstoke of Membland in Devon.
On 16th October 1898 [his wife] Ethel Errington [aged 53] died in Cairo, Egypt.
In August 1901 Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer [aged 60] was created 1st Earl Cromer. [his future wife] Katherine Georgina Louisa Thynne Countess Cromer [aged 36] by marriage Countess Cromer.
In August 1901 Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer [aged 60] was created 1st Viscount Errington Hexham Northumberland. [his future wife] Katherine Georgina Louisa Thynne Countess Cromer [aged 36] by marriage Viscountess Errington Hexham Northumberland.
On 22nd October 1901 Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer [aged 60] and Katherine Georgina Louisa Thynne Countess Cromer [aged 36] were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of John Alexander Thynne 4th Marquess of Bath and Frances Isabella Catherine Vesey Marchioness Bath. They were first cousin twice removed.
On 29th September 1903 [his son] Evelyn Baring 1st Baron Howick was born to Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer [aged 62] and [his wife] Katherine Georgina Louisa Thynne Countess Cromer [aged 38]. He married 24th April 1935 Mary Cecil Grey Baroness Howick Glendale, daughter of Charles Robert Grey 5th Earl Grey and Mabel Laura Georgiana Palmer Countess Grey, and had issue.
On 4th April 1908 Rowland Baring 2nd Earl Cromer [aged 30] and Ruby Florence Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Countess Cromer [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 4th Earl Minto [aged 62] and Mary Caroline Grey Countess Minto [aged 50]. He the son of Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer [aged 67] and Ethel Errington.
On 16th February 1911 [his sister] Cecilia Annetta Baring Baroness Suffield [aged 77] died.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Around 11th July 1913 Windham Baring [aged 32] and Gweneth Frida Ponsonby [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of Edward Ponsonby 8th Earl Bessborough [aged 62] and Blanche Vere Guest Countess Bessborough [aged 66]. He the son of Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer [aged 72] and Ethel Errington.
On 29th January 1917 Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer [aged 75] died. His son Rowland [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Earl Cromer, 2nd Viscount Errington Hexham Northumberland. Ruby Florence Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Countess Cromer [aged 30] by marriage Countess Cromer.
On 4th March 1933 [his former wife] Katherine Georgina Louisa Thynne Countess Cromer [aged 67] died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Baring
GrandFather: Francis Baring 1st Baronet
Father: Henry Baring
GrandMother: Harriet Herring Lady Baring
GrandFather: Vice Admiral William Lukin Windham
Mother: Cecilia Anne Windham
Great x 1 Grandfather: Pierre Thellusson
GrandMother: Anne Sara Thellusson