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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: Rodney
Before 13th February 1718 George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney was born to Henry Rodney (age 37).
On 13th February 1718 George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney was baptised at St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map].
In 1737 [his father] Henry Rodney (age 56) died.
In 1753 George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 34) and Jane Compton (age 22) were married.
On 25th December 1753 [his son] George Rodney 2nd Baron Rodney was born to George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 35) and [his wife] Jane Compton (age 23).
In January 1757 [his wife] Jane Compton (age 26) died.
In 1764 George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 45) and Henrietta Clies Baroness Rodney (age 25) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 10th May 1765 [his son] John Rodney was born to George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 47).
On 15th February 1780 Admiral Joseph Sydney Yorke (age 11) joined the Royal Navy becoming a midshipman aboard HMS Duke commanded by Sir Charles Douglas. He followed Douglas to his next command HMS Formidable under George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 62).
Before 24th May 1780 [his daughter] Sarah Rodney was born to George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 62) and [his wife] Henrietta Clies Baroness Rodney (age 41).
In 1781 [his son] George Rodney 2nd Baron Rodney (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Harley Baroness Rodney (age 21) were married. Her father Thomas Harley (age 50) gave them Berrington Hall as a wedding gift.
On 19th June 1782 George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 64) was created 1st Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset. [his wife] Henrietta Clies Baroness Rodney (age 43) by marriage Baroness Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
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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 24th May 1792 George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 74) died. His son [his son] George (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset. [his daughter-in-law] Anne Harley Baroness Rodney (age 32) by marriage Baroness Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
In March 1829 [his former wife] Henrietta Clies Baroness Rodney (age 90) died.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Rodney 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Rodney 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Rodney 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Rodney 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Seymour 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Seymour 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Seymour 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Anthony Rodney 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: Henry Rodney 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England