Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.
Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
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.
Paternal Family Tree: Willoughby
In 1723 [his father] Francis Willoughby 2nd Baron Middleton (age 30) and [his mother] Mary Edwards Baroness Middleton were married.
On 25th January 1726 Francis Willoughby 3rd Baron Middleton was born to Francis Willoughby 2nd Baron Middleton (age 33) and Mary Edwards Baroness Middleton.
Around 1738 Francis Willoughby 3rd Baron Middleton (age 11) educated at Bury St Edmund's School, Suffolk.
In 1744 Francis Willoughby 3rd Baron Middleton (age 17) educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
On 31st July 1758 [his father] Francis Willoughby 2nd Baron Middleton (age 65) died. His son Francis (age 32) succeeded 3rd Baron Middleton, 4th Baronet Willoughby of Wollaton.
On 16th December 1774 Francis Willoughby 3rd Baron Middleton (age 48) died. His brother [his brother] Thomas (age 45) succeeded 4th Baron Middleton, 5th Baronet Willoughby of Wollaton. Georgina Chadwick Baroness Middleton by marriage Baroness Middleton.
Before 4th August 1799. Monument to Francis Willoughby 3rd Baron Middleton, [his brother] Thomas Willoughby 4th Baron Middleton, Henry Willoughby 5th Baron Middleton (age 72) and Dorothy Cartright Baroness Middleton in St Leonard's Church, Wollaton [Map] sculpted by John "The Elder" Bacon (age 58). The names of Henry Willoughby 5th Baron Middleton and Dorothy Cartright Baroness Middleton were either added later, or the monument completed by the workshop of John "The Elder" Bacon after his death on 4th August 1799.
Dorothy Cartright Baroness Middleton: In 1756 Henry Willoughby 5th Baron Middleton and she were married. On 2nd November 1781 Thomas Willoughby 4th Baron Middleton died. His first cousin Henry succeeded 5th Baron Middleton, 6th Baronet Willoughby of Wollaton. She by marriage Baroness Middleton. On 18th September 1808 she died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Perceval Willoughby 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Hart 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Willoughby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Willoughby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lyttelton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cassandra Ridgway
GrandFather: Thomas Willoughby 1st Baron Middleton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Barnard
Great x 1 Grandmother: Emma Barnard
Father: Francis Willoughby 2nd Baron Middleton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Rothwell
GrandMother: Elizabeth Rothwell Baroness Willoughby and Middleton
Francis Willoughby 3rd Baron Middleton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Thomas Edwards
Mother: Mary Edwards Baroness Middleton