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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: Cobham
John Cobham and Joan Septvans were married.
John Cobham was appointed Constable of Rochester Castle.
John Cobham was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.
John Cobham was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
On 25th December 1240 John Cobham was born to John Cobham (age 20) and Maude Joan Fitzbenedict at Cobham, Kent.
In 1252 [his father] John Cobham (age 32) died at Cobham, Kent.
Around 1260 [his son] Henry Cobham 1st Baron Cobham was born to John Cobham (age 19) and Joan Septvans.
Around 1262 [his son] John Cobham was born to John Cobham (age 21) and Joan Septvans.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Around 1264 [his son] Roger Cobham was born to John Cobham (age 23) and Joan Septvans.
Around 1268 [his son] Bishop Thomas Cobham was born to John Cobham (age 27) and Joan Septvans.
Around 1276 [his son] Ralph Cobham was born to John Cobham (age 35) and Joan Septvans at Cobham, Kent.
Before July 1285 [his son] Henry Cobham 1st Baron Cobham (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Maud Moreville (age 21) were married.
In March 1300 John Cobham (age 59) died at Cobham, Kent.
[his son] James Cobham was born to John Cobham and Joan Septvans.
[his daughter] Joan Cobham was born to John Cobham and Joan Septvans.
[his father] John Cobham and Joan Neville were married.
[his father] John Cobham and [his mother] Maude Joan Fitzbenedict were married.