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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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Paternal Family Tree: Hoskyns
In or before 1675 [his father] John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet (age 40) and [his mother] Jane Lowe Lady Hoskyns were married.
Around 1677 Hungerford Hoskyns 4th Baronet was born to [his father] John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet (age 42) and [his mother] Jane Lowe Lady Hoskyns.
In 1680 [his grandfather] Bennet Hoskyns 1st Baronet (age 71) died. His son [his father] John (age 45) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire. [his mother] Jane Lowe Lady Hoskyns by marriage Lady Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire.
In 1682 [his father] John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet (age 47) was elected President of the Royal Society.
In 1701 Hungerford Hoskyns 4th Baronet (age 24) was admitted to Middle Temple.
In 1705 Hungerford Hoskyns 4th Baronet (age 28) joined the army during the war of the Spanish succession and was a Cornet in the 7th Dragoon Guards. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1708, and a lieutenant in the 3rd Hussars in 1709.
On 12th September 1705 [his father] John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet (age 71) died. He was buried in St Denis' Church, Harewood. His son [his brother] Bennet (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baronet Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire
In 1711 [his brother] Bennet Hoskyns 3rd Baronet (age 36) died. His brother Hungerford (age 34) succeeded 4th Baronet Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire at which time he resigned from the army. [his future wife] Mary Leigh Lady Hoskyns (age 11) by marriage Lady Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire.
Around November 1716 Hungerford Hoskyns 4th Baronet (age 39) and Mary Leigh Lady Hoskyns (age 17) were married. They had two sons and two daughters. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 6th March 1717 Hungerford Hoskyns 4th Baronet (age 40) was elected unopposed MP Herefordshire which seat he held until 1722 when he was defeated. Hoskyns didn't stand for Parliament again.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 22nd April 1720 [his son] Chandos Hoskyns 5th Baronet was born to Hungerford Hoskyns 4th Baronet (age 43) and [his wife] Mary Leigh Lady Hoskyns (age 21). He married 1753 Rebecca May Lady Hoskyns and had issue.
In 1724 [his mother] Jane Lowe Lady Hoskyns died. She was buried in St Denis' Church, Harewood.
On 2nd July 1735 [his wife] Mary Leigh Lady Hoskyns (age 36) died.
In 1753 [his son] Chandos Hoskyns 5th Baronet (age 32) and [his daughter-in-law] Rebecca May Lady Hoskyns were married.
On 21st December 1767 Hungerford Hoskyns 4th Baronet (age 90) died. His son Chandos (age 47) succeeded 5th Baronet Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire. [his daughter-in-law] Rebecca May Lady Hoskyns by marriage Lady Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire.
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Hoskyns of Hereford
GrandFather: Bennet Hoskyns 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Moyle of Buckwell, Kent
Great x 1 Grandmother: Benedicta Moyle
Father: John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Bingley of Temple-Combe, Somerset
GrandMother: Anne Bingley
Hungerford Hoskyns 4th Baronet
GrandFather: Gabriel Lowe of Newark, Gloucestershire
Mother: Jane Lowe Lady Hoskyns