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
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Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. [Around 1811]. Those incomparable officers of the Blues, Colonel the Honourable Oliver Montague and Colonel Seymour Wynne Finch, were in the centre of the Marlborough House set; we shall never see their like again. I must mention also Viscount Curzon (now Earl Howe) and his wife, the late Lady [his future wife] Georgina Curzon — my fast friend from the days of our Phoenix Park gallops, when her parents, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, reigned at the Viceregal Lodge, Dublin. She drove tandem; so did I. I went "one better" and got a team, and she followed suit with a four-in-hand. At that time she and I were the only two women in England to pursue so "fast" an equine venture! I once drove my coach from Easton to the Land's End in Cornwall, three hundred odd miles, with fresh teams of horses sent down from Ward's in London.
On 8th February 1858 [his father] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe (age 35) and [his mother] Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe (age 26) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 61) and [his grandmother] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 28th April 1861 Richard George Penn Curzon 4th was born to [his father] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe (age 39) and [his mother] Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe (age 29).
In 1876 [his uncle] George Augustus Frederick Louis Curzon Howe 2nd Earl Howe (age 55) died. His brother [his father] Richard (age 53) succeeded 3rd Earl Howe, 4th Viscount Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire, 5th Baron Howe. [his mother] Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe (age 44) by marriage Countess Howe.
On 4th June 1883 Richard George Penn Curzon 4th (age 22) and Georgiana Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill Countess Howe (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough (age 61) and Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess of Marlborough (age 61). He the son of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe (age 61) and Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe (age 51). They were sixth cousins.
On 5th July 1883 [his father-in-law] John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough (age 61) died. His son [his brother-in-law] George (age 39) succeeded 8th Duke Marlborough, 8th Marquess of Blandford, 8th Earl of Marlborough, 8th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 10th Earl of Sunderland, 12th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton Duchess of Marlborough (age 36) by marriage Duchess Marlborough.
On 1st May 1884 [his son] Francis Curzon 5th Earl Howe was born to Richard George Penn Curzon 4th (age 23) and [his wife] Georgiana Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill Countess Howe (age 23). He married 28th October 1907 his half first cousin once removed Mary Curzon Countess Howe and had issue.
On 9th November 1892 [his brother-in-law] George Charles Spencer-Churchill 8th Duke of Marlborough (age 48) died. His son Charles (age 20) succeeded 9th Duke Marlborough, 9th Marquess of Blandford, 9th Earl of Marlborough, 9th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 11th Earl of Sunderland, 13th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
On 25th September 1900 [his father] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe (age 78) died. His son Richard (age 39) succeeded 4th Earl Howe, 5th Viscount Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire, 6th Baron Howe. [his wife] Georgiana Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill Countess Howe (age 40) by marriage Countess Howe.
The London Gazette 27243. Lord Chamberlain's Office, St. James's Palace, October 30, 1900.
The Queen (age 81) has been pleased to appoint George Richard Penn (age 39), Earl Howe, to be one of the Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (age 54), resigned.
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 9th February 1906 [his wife] Georgiana Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill Countess Howe (age 45) died.
On 28th October 1907 [his son] Francis Curzon 5th Earl Howe (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Curzon Countess Howe (age 19) were married. They divorced in 1937. He the son of Richard George Penn Curzon 4th Earl Howe (age 46) and [his former wife] Georgiana Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill Countess Howe. They were half first cousin once removed.
In 1919 Richard George Penn Curzon 4th (age 57) and Florence Hamilton Davis Countess Howe (age 48) were married. She by marriage Countess Howe. He the son of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe and Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe (age 87).
On 29th March 1922 [his mother] Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe (age 90) died.
On 15th April 1925 [his wife] Florence Hamilton Davis Countess Howe (age 55) died.
On 4th August 1927 Richard George Penn Curzon 4th (age 66) and Lorna Catherine Curzon Countess Howe were married. She by marriage Countess Howe. He the son of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe and Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe. They were first cousin once removed.
On 10th January 1929 Richard George Penn Curzon 4th (age 67) died. His son Francis (age 44) succeeded 5th Earl Howe, 6th Viscount Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire, 7th Baron Howe. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Curzon Countess Howe (age 41) by marriage Countess Howe.
On 24th February 1961 [his former wife] Lorna Catherine Curzon Countess Howe died.
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 Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Penn Baroness Curzon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon 15 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Vavasour Lady Assheton 
14 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Penn Curzon 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hanmer
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hanmer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon
GrandFather: Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Scrope Howe 1st Viscount Howe 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Emanuel Howe 2nd Viscount Howe 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Alington Viscountess Howe 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johan Adolf Von Kielmansegg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Von Keilmansegg Viscountess Howe 15 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Charlotte Hanover Countess of Darlington and Leinster 
14 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Hartop
Father: Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Brudenell 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Savile 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 5th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 6th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Bishopp 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Boscawen 1st Viscount Falmouth 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Boscawen Lady Bishopp 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Godfrey Viscountess Falmouth 15 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Cooke of Harefield
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Cooke
Great x 2 Grandfather: George John Cooke 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Twysden 4th Baronet 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Twysden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Wythens Lady Twysden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cecil Bowyer 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bowyer 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Penelope Bowyer of Harefield Park, London 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stonhouse 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stonhouse
Great x 4 Grandmother: Penelope Dashwood 
Richard George Penn Curzon 4th Earl Howe 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sambrooke Adams 
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Adams aka Anson
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Anson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Janette Anson
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pigot
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Venables-Vernon 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 
16 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton 17 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn
GrandFather: General George Anson 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Roberts 15 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Wenman Roberts aka Coke 
10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Coke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Chamberlayne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chamberlayne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance Hardy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Naper
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Lenox Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Dutton 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Dutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Bond
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Bond
Mother: Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Forester 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Forester 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Cecil 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Cecil Forester 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester 12 x Great Grand Son of
GrandMother: Isabella Elizabeth Annabella Weld-Forester 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 
10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners Marquess of Granby 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland 
14 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Seymour 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort 
11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Noel Duchess Beaufort 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Symes Berkeley 
12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Norborne