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
In 1751 [his father] Nathaniel Curzon 1st Baron Scarsdale [aged 25] and [his mother] Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles Colyear 2nd Earl Portmore [aged 50].
On 27th September 1752 Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale was born to [his father] Nathaniel Curzon 1st Baron Scarsdale [aged 26] and [his mother] Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale [aged 19].
On 16th November 1758 [his grandfather] Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet [aged 82] died. His son [his father] Nathaniel [aged 32] succeeded 5th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire, 5th Baronet Curzon of Nova Scotia. Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon [aged 20] by marriage Lady Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire.
On 9th April 1761 [his father] Nathaniel Curzon 1st Baron Scarsdale [aged 35] was created 1st Baron Scarsdale. [his mother] Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale [aged 28] by marriage Baroness Scarsdale.
On 11th August 1777 Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale [aged 24] and Sophia Susanna Noel were married.
On 13th January 1779 [his daughter] Sophia Curzon was born to Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale [aged 26] and [his wife] Sophia Susanna Noel. She married 5th September 1800 Robert Sewallis Shirley, son of Robert Shirley 7th Earl Ferrers and Elizabeth Prentiss Countess Ferrers.
On 3rd January 1781 [his son] Nathaniel Curzon 3rd Baron Scarsdale was born to Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale [aged 28] and [his wife] Sophia Susanna Noel.
On 28th June 1782 [his wife] Sophia Susanna Noel died.
On 18th November 1798 Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale [aged 46] and Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale [aged 33] were married.
On 5th September 1800 [his son-in-law] Robert Sewallis Shirley [aged 21] and [his daughter] Sophia Curzon [aged 21] were married. He the son of Robert Shirley 7th Earl Ferrers [aged 43] and Elizabeth Prentiss Countess Ferrers.
On 17th April 1801 [his son] Alfred Curzon was born to Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale [aged 48] and [his wife] Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale [aged 36]. He married 14th July 1825 Sophia Holden and had issue.
On 25th April 1804 [his son] Francis Curzon was born to Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale [aged 51] and [his wife] Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale [aged 39].
On 5th December 1804 [his father] Nathaniel Curzon 1st Baron Scarsdale [aged 78] died. His son Nathaniel [aged 52] succeeded 2nd Baron Scarsdale, 6th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire, 6th Baronet Curzon of Nova Scotia. [his wife] Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale [aged 39] by marriage Baroness Scarsdale.
In 1812 [his mother] Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale [aged 79] died.
On 14th July 1825 [his son] Alfred Curzon [aged 24] and [his daughter-in-law] Sophia Holden were married.
1828. Ramsay Richard Reinagle [aged 51]. Portrait of Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale [aged 75].
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 27th January 1837 Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale [aged 84] died. His son Nathaniel [aged 56] succeeded 3rd Baron Scarsdale, 7th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire, 7th Baronet Curzon of Nova Scotia.
On 16th December 1850 [his former wife] Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale [aged 85] died. She was buried at Kedleston, Derbyshire [Map].
[his daughter] Caroline Esther Curzon was born to Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale and Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale.
[his daughter] Felicite Anne Curzon was born to Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale and Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale.
[his daughter] Mary Elizabeth Curzon was born to Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale and Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 27 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Curzon 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Curzon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Vernon 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Curzon 1st Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Sacheverell 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Millicent Sacheverell 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Emma Dethick
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Crew 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Crew
Great x 2 Grandmother: Patience Crewe Baroness Curzon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Bray of Stene and Hinton 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Temperance Bray
GrandFather: Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Penn
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sarah Penn Baroness Curzon
Father: Nathaniel Curzon 1st Baron Scarsdale 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 2nd Baronet
GrandMother: Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Vavasour 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Vavasour of Spaldington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Vavasour 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Vavasour Lady Assheton 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Colyear
Great x 1 Grandfather: David Colyear 1st Earl Portmore
GrandFather: Charles Colyear 2nd Earl Portmore 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sedley 1st Baronet 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Sedley 2nd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Sedley 5th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Savile 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Savile
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Savage 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Parker 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tresham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England