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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: Capell
Maternal Family Tree: Theodosia Noel 1585
On 1st August 1754 [his father] William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex (age 21) and [his mother] Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He the son of [his grandfather] William Capell 3rd Earl Essex and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex (age 43). They were half sixth cousins.
On 13th November 1757 George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex was born to William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex (age 25) and Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex.
In July 1759 [his mother] Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex died in childbirth.
On 2nd March 1767 [his father] William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex (age 34) and [his step-mother] Harriet Bladen Countess Essex (age 32) were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He the son of [his grandfather] William Capell 3rd Earl Essex and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex (age 56).
In 1768 Joshua Reynolds (age 44). Portrait of George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex (age 10) and [his sister] Elizabeth Capell (age 12).
Elizabeth Capell: John Monson 3rd Baron Monson and she were married. She the daughter of William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex and Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex. On 10th June 1755 she was born to William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex and Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex. On 23rd February 1834 Elizabeth Capell died.
On 6th June 1786 George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex (age 28) and Sarah Bazett Countess Essex (age 26) were married. He the son of William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex (age 53) and Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex.
On 4th March 1799 [his father] William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex (age 66) died at St James's Palace [Map]. His son George (age 41) succeeded 5th Earl Essex, 6th Baron Capell Hadham. [his wife] Sarah Bazett Countess Essex (age 39) by marriage Countess Essex.
On 16th January 1838 [his wife] Sarah Bazett Countess Essex (age 78) died.
On 23rd April 1839 George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex (age 81) died. His nephew Arthur (age 36) succeeded 6th Earl Essex, 7th Baron Capell Hadham.
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.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. We spent many week-ends at Cassiobury with Lord and [his former wife] Lady Essex [Note. presumed to refer to before 1838 when Lady Essex died?], and as it is only seventeen miles from London, we found it most accessible, and used to go there in the winter as well as the summer.
Cassiobury was the scene of a practical joke which originated with Henry Blackwood (age 24), who was staying there one summer. Some very self-important young men had been invited for the week-end, and Henry Blackwood thought it would be great fun to enact the part of highwaymen and stop their travelling-carriage as they were driving through the lonely park. He enlisted two other kindred spirits to help him, and, of course, the whole house-party was in the secret.
We were all full of conjectures as to how these young bloods would face the highway-men. They would naturally be startled, we thought, but as they were (according to themselves) such ultra-superior people, we could not imagine them behaving, even under such conditions, in any other than an ultra-superior way. The eventful evening was fine and dark, and we all went to the place destined for the scene of the robbery, and hid under cover, patiently waiting for the fun to begin. Henry Blackwood and his friends were disguised beyond recognition, and did indeed look desperadoes of the road.
Note A. last the faint noise of wheels in the distance was heard, and as they drew nearer we were breathless with expectation. The travelling-carriage was dimly discernible - it approached - Henry Blackwood rushed forward to the horses' heads, while his friends told the trembling post-boys to drive on at their peril. Needless to say the carriage was at once brought to a standstill, one highwayman stood by the two horses, and Henry Blackwood went to the carriage door and told the occupants to alight, and hand over their valuables.
We thought that the crucial moment had arrived for our superior friends to assert themselves, but we were speedily disillusioned, for the young men, who were giving vent to a series of frightened squeaks, were terrified out of their wits. "Spare our lives", they cried in an imploring chorus, "and you can take everything we have!" "Spare our lives", they kept on repeating as they handed over their money, watches and jewellery to the merciless Henry. At last, half dead with fear, they were allowed to enter the carriage, which was driven away as though pursued by the devil.
When we emerged from our hiding-place and saw the booty, we were highly amused, and, I may say, very disgusted at the cowardice shown by the superior young men. It was a difficult task to enact the part of sympathetic listeners later in the evening, and hear a very much embroidered account of the dozens of highwaymen who infested the Park, armed to the teeth and apparently villains of the deepest dye.
The feelings of the young cowards can be easily imagined when next morning, at breakfast, Henry Blackwood returned them their belongings "with the compliments of the high-waymen", and the suppressed laughter which greeted the announcement made them feel very small indeed. They left later in the day, but the story got about, and they never felt so superior afterwards.
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Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 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 21 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: Henry Capell 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Theodosia Montagu 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hicks Lady Cooper and Morrison
Great x 1 Grandfather: Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Cecil 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Bentinck Countess Essex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Portland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Father: William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Russell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Carr Countess of Bedford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Daniel de Massue Seigneur de Rouvigny
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Massue Countess Southampton
GrandMother: Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Howland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Child
Great x 3 Grandfather: Josiah Child
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Roycroft
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Child
George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Charles Hanbury Williams
Mother: Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Coningsby
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fitzwilliam Coningsbury 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Fitzwilliam 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Coningsbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Neville 2nd Baron Abergavenny 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Neville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Sackville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Loftus
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Loftus
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lettice Loftus
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Boyle
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork
GrandMother: Frances Coningsby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Jones 1st Viscount Ranelagh
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Jones 2nd Viscount Ranelagh
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Jones 1st Earl Ranelagh
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Boyle Viscountess Ranelagh
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Jones 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Manners Baroness Willoughby of Parham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Willoughby Countess Ranelagh 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Theodosia Noel