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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.
On 25 Jul 1814 [his father] Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 22) and [his aunt] Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy (age 21) were married at Upper Brook Street. Following her death in 1821 he would marry her younger half-sister (age 14). An example of a man marrying two sisters, albeit in this case half-sisters. He the son of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort (age 47) and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort 1771-1854 (age 43). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 29 Jun 1822 [his father] Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 30) and [his mother] (age 22) were married. She being the younger half-sister of his first wife Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy both of whom's mother was [his grandmother] Anne Wellesley (age 54) sister of Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington (age 53). An example of a man marrying two sisters, albeit in this case half-sisters. He the son of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort (age 55) and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort 1771-1854 (age 51).
In 1824 Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort was born to Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 31) and (age 23) at Paris [Map].
On 23 Nov 1835 [his grandfather] Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort (age 68) died. His son [his father] Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 43) succeeded 7th Duke Beaufort, 9th Marquess Worcester, 13th Earl Worcester, 7th Baron Botetort. [his mother] (age 35) by marriage Duchess Beaufort.
On 03 Jul 1845 Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 21) and (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 48) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe. He the son of Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 53) and (age 45). They were fourth cousins.
On 07 Dec 1849 [his son] Henry Richard Charles Fitzroy was born to Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 25) and [his wife] (age 24).
On 17 Nov 1851 [his son] Henry Arthur George Somerset was born to Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 27) and [his wife] (age 26).
On 17 Nov 1853 [his father] Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 61) died. His son Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 29) succeeded 8th Duke Beaufort, 10th Marquess Worcester, 14th Earl Worcester, 8th Baron Botetort. [his wife] (age 28) by marriage Duchess Beaufort.
In 1856 Colonel Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote (age 25) and [his sister-in-law] Emily Mary Curzon Howe (age 20) were married. They had two sons and two daughters. She the daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 59) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe. They were fourth cousins.
In 1867 Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 43) was appointed 752nd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 47).
On 06 Feb 1872 [his son] Henry Richard Charles Fitzroy (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Isabella Caroline Somers-Cocks (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers 1819-1883 (age 52). He the son of Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort 1824-1899 (age 48) and Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort 1825-1906 (age 47).
On 21 Jul 1874 [his son-in-law] John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford (age 30) and [his daughter] Blanche Somerset Marchioness of Waterford were married. She the daughter of Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort 1824-1899 (age 50) and Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort 1825-1906 (age 49). He the son of John Beresford 4th Marquess Waterford 1814-1866.
In 1881 [his brother-in-law] Frederick Curzon Howe (age 58) died.
On 05 Mar 1885 [his brother-in-law] Ernest George Curzon Howe (age 56) died.
On 19 Oct 1886 [his brother-in-law] Montagu Curzon (age 40) and Esmé Fitzroy (age 27) were married. He the son of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe and Anne Gore Countess Howe -1877. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1891 [his sister-in-law] Leicester Curzon Howe (age 62) died.
On 09 Oct 1895 [his son] (age 48) and [his daughter-in-law] (age 31) were married. He the son of Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort 1824-1899 (age 71) and Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort 1825-1906 (age 70).
In 1899 Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 75) died at Badminton House. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His son [his son] (age 51) succeeded 9th Duke Beaufort, 11th Marquess Worcester, 15th Earl Worcester, 9th Baron Botetort. [his daughter-in-law] (age 34) by marriage Duchess Beaufort.
[his son] Henry Edward Brudeweull Somerset was born to Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort and .
[his daughter] Blanche Somerset Marchioness of Waterford was born to Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort and .
[his son] Fitzroy George Henry Somerset was born to Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort and .
Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Hill Countess Mornington 1742-1831
Descendants Family Trees:
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England
GrandFather: Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boscawen Duchess Beaufort 1747-1828 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort 1771-1854 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford -1805 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort 1824-1899 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Smith
GrandFather: Charles Culling Smith
Great x 1 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington
GrandMother: Anne Wellesley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington 1742-1831
