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: Curzon
On 19th February 1716 [his father] Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet (age 40) and [his mother] Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon (age 22) were married at Middleton, Lancashire.
In 1726 Nathaniel Curzon 1st was born to [his father] Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet (age 50) and [his mother] Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon (age 32).
On 6th August 1727 [his uncle] John Curzon 3rd Baronet (age 53) died having been thrown from his horse whilst hunting. His brother [his father] Nathaniel (age 51) succeeded 4th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire, 4th Baronet Curzon of Nova Scotia. [his mother] Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon (age 33) by marriage Lady Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire.
Around 1728 Johnathan "The Elder" Richardson (age 60). Portrait of [his father] Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet (age 52), [his mother] Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon (age 34) and their son Nathaniel Curzon 1st (age 2). Cromwell Museum.
Around 1739 Andrea Soldi (age 36). Portrait of [his mother] Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon (age 45) and her children Nathaniel Curzon 1st (age 13) and [his brother] Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 8).
In 1747 Nathaniel Curzon 1st (age 21) was elected MP Clitheroe.
In 1751 Nathaniel Curzon 1st (age 25) and Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Charles Colyear 2nd Earl Portmore (age 50).
On 27th September 1752 [his son] Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale was born to Nathaniel Curzon 1st (age 26) and [his wife] Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale (age 19). He married (1) 11th August 1777 Sophia Susanna Noel, daughter of Edward Noel 1st Viscount Wentworth, and had issue (2) 18th November 1798 Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale and had issue.
1754. Arthur Devis (age 41). Portrait of Nathaniel Curzon 1st (age 28) and [his wife] Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale (age 21).
In 1754 Nathaniel Curzon 1st (age 28) was elected MP Derbyshire.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In 1756 [his brother] Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 25) and [his sister-in-law] Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon (age 18) were married.
On 16th November 1758 [his father] Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet (age 82) died. His son Nathaniel (age 32) succeeded 5th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire, 5th Baronet Curzon of Nova Scotia. [his sister-in-law] Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon (age 20) by marriage Lady Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire.
1761. Nathaniel Hone the Elder (age 42). Portrait of Nathaniel Curzon 1st (age 35) and his wife [his wife] Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale (age 28).
On 9th April 1761 Nathaniel Curzon 1st (age 35) was created 1st Baron Scarsdale. [his wife] Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale (age 28) by marriage Baroness Scarsdale.
After July 1764 [his brother] Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 34) and [his sister-in-law] Dorothy Grosvenor Baroness Curzon were married.
On 5th November 1770 [his brother-in-law] William Charles Colyear 3rd Earl Portmore (age 25) and Mary Leslie Countess Portmore (age 17) were married. She the daughter of John Leslie 10th Earl Rothes and Hannah Cole Countess Rothes. He the son of [his father-in-law] Charles Colyear 2nd Earl Portmore (age 70).
On 18th March 1776 [his mother] Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon (age 82) died.
In 1777 [his brother] Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 46) and [his sister-in-law] Anna Margaretta Meredith Viscountess Curzon Penn Buckinghamshire were married.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 11th August 1777 [his son] Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Sophia Susanna Noel were married.
On 5th July 1785 [his father-in-law] Charles Colyear 2nd Earl Portmore (age 84) died. His son [his brother-in-law] William (age 40) succeeded 3rd Earl Portmore. Mary Leslie Countess Portmore (age 31) by marriage Countess Portmore.
On 18th November 1798 [his son] Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale (age 46) and [his daughter-in-law] Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale (age 33) were married.
In 1802 [his brother] Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 71) was created 1st Viscount Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire. [his sister-in-law] Anna Margaretta Meredith Viscountess Curzon Penn Buckinghamshire by marriage Viscountess Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire.
On 5th December 1804 Nathaniel Curzon 1st (age 78) died. His son Nathaniel (age 52) succeeded 2nd Baron Scarsdale, 6th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire, 6th Baronet Curzon of Nova Scotia. [his daughter-in-law] Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale (age 39) by marriage Baroness Scarsdale.
In 1812 [his former wife] Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale (age 79) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
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 Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Curzon 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Curzon 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Curzon 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Vernon 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Vernon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Ludlow 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Curzon 1st Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sacheverell 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Sacheverell 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Lowe
Great x 2 Grandmother: Millicent Sacheverell 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dethick
Great x 3 Grandmother: Emma Dethick
GrandFather: Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Randulph Crewe 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Crew
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Crew
Great x 1 Grandmother: Patience Crewe Baroness Curzon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Bray 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Bray of Stene and Hinton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Temperance Bray
Father: Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Penn
GrandMother: Sarah Penn Baroness Curzon
Nathaniel Curzon 1st Baron Scarsdale 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Ralph Assheton 2nd Baronet
Mother: Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon 15 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Vavasour 
10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Vavasour 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Vavasour of Spaldington 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Vavasour 13 x Great Grand Son of
GrandMother: Mary Vavasour Lady Assheton 14 x Great Grand Daughter of