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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: Willoughby
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Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham was born to William Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham and Frances Manners Baroness Willoughby of Parham.
On 28th August 1617 [his father] William Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham (age 33) died. His son [his brother] Henry succeeded 4th Baron Willoughby Parham.
On 14th October 1617 [his brother] Henry Willoughby 4th Baron Willoughby of Parham died. His brother Francis succeeded 5th Baron Willoughby Parham.
In 1625 [his daughter] Frances Willoughby Baroness Brereton was born to Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham and [his future wife] Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham.
On 16th November 1628 Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham and Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby Parham. They were sixth cousins.
Around 1633 [his daughter] Elizabeth Willoughby Countess Ranelagh was born to Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham.
Around 1635 [his son] William Willoughby was born to Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham.
The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland 1640. 4th January 1640. Savoy.
F. Lord Willoughby to his [his uncle] uncle, the Earl of Rutland (age 60), at Belvoir Castle [Map].
When we ate your venison my [his wife] wife and I drank your health and my Lady's and did not forget little Mr. George, whom, I am glad to hear, grows towards a man. "There hath beene a marriage at the court betweene one of my Lord of Corcke (age 73) sonnse (age 21) and my Lady Elizabeth Feelding, about which there is a greate stur, for it seemes he did not prove eoe rite as a man should be to goo about such a business. For the report goese that his manly part had lost something in his former serviocesse, and beside that he was soe full of severall disceases ... as that it was tould the Queene (age 30), whoe sent for my Lady Elizabeth, and tould her that she must desier her not to lett her husband lye with her that night, whoe put of, modilestly making little answere, but she seemed so lothe to understand the Queene, as that she tould her she must command her not to come in a pair of sheets with him, and tould her the reasons; soe as that he is gone out of the way some say into France, others thinks he is in London under cower. It was discovered by his sister (age 30) Mr. Goring's (age 31) wife, to whom he had imparted his grevancess, and she had plotted it soe, to make an excuse for him, that he should falie downe stares that day, and she would come and take him up, and soe he should complane how he had breused himselfe and strained his back with the fale, that he should be soe ill he was not fitt to goe to bed to his wife that night. But could not keepe her counsel but must tell her husband Jorge Goring, and he presently ran and tould the Queene, and soe it was discovered and then it was presently in every buddy's mouth.".
My Lord Keeper is so ill that the physicians think he cannot recover. My Lord Chief Justice Bramstone is talked of to be Lord Keeper, and Bishop Wren (age 54). It is known to be between those two. My [his future son-in-law] Lord Finch (age 12) will be Chief Justice of the King's Bench and the Attorney General to be Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Signet.
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In 1643 [his mother] Frances Manners Baroness Willoughby of Parham (age 54) died.
On 16th July 1643 Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham launched a night attack on Gainsborough [Map] and captured it and Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 58).
On 25th July 1643 Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston Was accidentally shot and killed while a prisoner on board a vessel bound for Hull. His son Henry (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Kingston upon Hull, 2nd Viscount Newark, 2nd Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint. Catherine Stanley Marchioness Dorchester by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
On 31st July 1643 Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham surrendered Gainsborough [Map] to William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 50) after a three day siege.
On 21st May 1645 [his son-in-law] Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Winchilsea (age 17) and [his daughter] Diana Willoughby Countess Winchelsea were married. She by marriage Countess Winchilsea. He the son of Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea and Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea. They were half fourth cousin twice removed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 15th July 1658. Came to see my Lord Kilmurry and Lady, Sir Robert Needham, Mr. Offley, and two daughters of my Lord Willoughby, of Parham.
On 21st October 1658 [his son-in-law] William Brereton 3rd Baron Brereton (age 27) and [his daughter] Frances Willoughby Baroness Brereton (age 33) were married at St Margaret Pattens. They were fourth cousins.
In 1661 [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham died.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th October 1662 [his son-in-law] Richard Jones 1st Earl Ranelagh (age 21) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Willoughby Countess Ranelagh (age 29) were married.
On 23rd July 1666 Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham died. His brother [his brother] William (age 50) succeeded 6th Baron Willoughby Parham. Anne Carey Baroness Willoughby of Parham (age 51) by marriage Baroness Willoughby Parham.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th November 1666. "I doubt not of your lordship's hearing of Sir Thomas Clifford's (age 36) succeeding Sir H. Pollard (deceased) in the Comptrollership of the King's house but perhaps our ill, but confirmed, tidings from the Barbadoes may not [have reached you] yet, it coming but yesterday; viz., that about eleven ships, whereof two of the King's, the Hope and Coventry, going thence with men to attack St. Christopher's, were seized by a violent hurricane, and all sunk-two only of thirteen escaping, and those with loss of masts, &c. My Lord Willoughby himself is involved in the disaster, and I think two ships thrown upon an island of the French, and so all the men, to 500, become their prisoners. 'Tis said, too, that eighteen Dutch men-of-war are passed the Channell, in order to meet with our Smyrna ships; and some, I hear, do fright us with the King of Sweden's (age 11) seizing our mast-ships at Gottenburgh. But we have too much ill newes true, to afflict ourselves with what is uncertain. That which I hear from Scotland is, the Duke of York's (age 33) saying, yesterday, that he is confident the Lieutenant-Generall there hath driven them into a pound, somewhere towards the mountains".
[his daughter] Diana Willoughby Countess Winchelsea was born to Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham and Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Willoughby 10th Baron Willoughby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Jenney Baroness Willoughby of Eresby
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Tailboys 9th Baron Kyme 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tailboys 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gascoigne Baroness Kyme 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby of Parham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Heneage
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Heneage
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Heneage Baroness Willoughby of Parham
GrandFather: William Willoughby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clinton 7th Baron Clinton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Clinton 8th Baron Clinton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morgan Baroness Clinton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Poynings 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Poynings Baroness Clinton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Clinton Baroness Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Blount 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Blount 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Croft
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Peshall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Peshall
Father: William Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Manners 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas St Leger 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne York Duchess Exeter 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paston
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Brewes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Heydon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandFather: John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Booth
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sandys
Great x 3 Grandmother: Edith Sandys Baroness
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Neville Countess Rutland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Stafford Countess of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Frances Manners Baroness Willoughby of Parham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Charlton
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Charlton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mainwaring 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Charlton 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Charlton of Apsley Castle in Shropshire 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Cecily Fitton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton 10th Lord Brereton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Brereton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ellen Brereton