Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Paternal Family Tree: Baker
On 2nd June 1840 [his father] George Baker 3rd Baronet [aged 23] and [his mother] Mary Isabella Sutton Lady Baker were married St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
On 26th January 1845 George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet was born to [his father] George Baker 3rd Baronet [aged 28] and [his mother] Mary Isabella Sutton Lady Baker.
On 6th May 1855 [his mother] Mary Isabella Sutton Lady Baker died.
On 16th November 1858 [his father] George Baker 3rd Baronet [aged 42] and [his step-mother] Augusta Catherine Fitzwygram [aged 39] were married.
On 4th April 1872 George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet [aged 27] and Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham [aged 22] were married.
On 17th September 1875 [his son] Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham 6th Baronet was born to George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet [aged 30] and [his wife] Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham [aged 26]. He married 8th August 1901 Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham, daughter of John Henry Kennaway 3rd Baronet and Frances Arbuthnot Lady Kennaway, and had issue.
On 27th August 1882 [his father] George Baker 3rd Baronet [aged 66] died. His son [his brother] Frederick [aged 39] succeeded 4th Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
On 30th April 1900 [his father-in-law] Lieutenant-General Richard Wilbraham [aged 89] died at Rode Hall, Cheshire. Memorial at All Saints Church, Old Rode. He was the last of the male line of Wilbraham's. His estate, including Rode Hall, Cheshire was inherited by his daughter [his wife] Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham [aged 50] and her husband George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet [aged 55].
Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham: On or before 23rd May 1849 she was born to Lieutenant-General Richard Wilbraham and Elizabeth Frances Egerton. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.04%. On 4th April 1872 George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet and she were married. On 4th October 1911 Frederick Edward Baker aka Rhodes 4th Baronet died unmarried. His brother George succeeded 5th Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon. She by marriage Lady Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
On 14th July 1900 George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet [aged 55] changed his surname from Baker to Wilbraham by Royal Licence.
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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On 8th August 1901 [his son] Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham 6th Baronet [aged 25] and [his daughter-in-law] Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham [aged 24] were married.
On 4th October 1911 Frederick Edward Baker aka Rhodes 4th Baronet [aged 68] died unmarried. His brother George [aged 66] succeeded 5th Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon. Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham [aged 62] by marriage Lady Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
On 28th August 1912 George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet [aged 67] died. Memorial at All Saints Church, Old Rode. His son Philip [aged 36] succeeded 6th Baronet Wilbraham of Loventor in Totnes in Devon. Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham [aged 35] by marriage Lady Wilbraham of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham 6th Baronet: On 17th September 1875 he was born to George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet and Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham. On 8th August 1901 Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham 6th Baronet and Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham were married.
Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham: On 21st December 1876 she was born to John Henry Kennaway 3rd Baronet and Frances Arbuthnot Lady Kennaway. On 25th August 1958 she died.
On 8th July 1945 [his former wife] Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham [aged 96] died. Memorial at All Saints Church, Old Rode.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 31 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Baker of Alvington, Devon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Aaron Baker
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Baker
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reverend Joseph Tompson of Exminster, Devon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Tompson
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Baker 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Frederick Baker 2nd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Morris
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Morris
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jackson
Father: George Baker 3rd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Simeon
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Simeon 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hutton
GrandMother: Harriet Simeon Lady Baker
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Cornwall of Hendon House in Middlesex
Great x 1 Grandmother: Rebecca Cornwall
George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Sutton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Sutton of Averham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sutton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Sutton 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tichborne
Great x 3 Grandfather: Benjamin Tichborne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Judith Tichborne Countess Sunderland
GrandFather: Robert Nassau Sutton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Williams Baroness Sutton
Mother: Mary Isabella Sutton Lady Baker
14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Manners-Sutton
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 2nd Baron Lexinton
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland
14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hungerford Baroness Lexington
15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Manners-Sutton
12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chaplin
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Chaplin of Blankney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Diana Chaplin
16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Diana Archer 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood
GrandMother: Mary Georgiana Manners-Sutton
13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Manners Marquess of Granby
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 2nd Baron Lexinton
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland
14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hungerford Baroness Lexington
15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Manners
12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England