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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: Hill of Hawkestone
On 10th May 1800 Rowland Hill 2nd Viscount Hill was born to Colonel John Hill (age 30).
On 27th January 1814 [his father] Colonel John Hill (age 44) died.
On 21st July 1821 Rowland Hill 2nd Viscount Hill (age 21) and Anne Clegg Viscoutess Hill (age 6) were married.
On 21st May 1824 [his grandfather] John Hill 3rd Baronet (age 83) died. His grandson Rowland (age 24) succeeded 4th Baronet Hill of Hawkestone in Shropshire. [his wife] Anne Clegg Viscoutess Hill (age 9) by marriage Lady Hill of Hawkestone in Shropshire.
On 5th December 1833 [his son] Rowland Hill aka Clegg-Hill 3rd Viscount Hill was born to Rowland Hill 2nd Viscount Hill (age 33) and [his wife] Anne Clegg Viscoutess Hill (age 18).
On 22nd September 1842 [his uncle] Rowland Hill 1st Baron Hill (age 70) was created 1st Viscount Hill of Hawkestone and Hardwicke in Shropshire, with a special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his nephew, Sir Rowland Hill 4th Baronet (age 42).
On 10th December 1842 [his uncle] Rowland Hill 1st Viscount Hill (age 70) died. His nephew Rowland (age 42) succeeded 2nd Viscount Hill of Hawkestone and Hardwicke in Shropshire, 2nd Baron Hill of Almaraz and of Hawkestone in Shropshire. Baron Hill of Almaraz and of Hawkestone in Shropshire extinct. [his wife] Anne Clegg Viscoutess Hill (age 27) by marriage Viscountess Hill of Hawkestone and Hardwicke in Shropshire.
On 3rd May 1855 [his son] Rowland Hill aka Clegg-Hill 3rd Viscount Hill (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Madax (age 25) were married. She the maid of his mother.
On 3rd January 1875 Rowland Hill 2nd Viscount Hill (age 74) died. His son [his son] Rowland (age 41) succeeded 3rd Viscount Hill of Hawkestone and Hardwicke in Shropshire, 3rd Baron Hill of Almaraz and of Hawkestone in Shropshire, 5th Baronet Hill of Hawkestone in Shropshire.
On 31st October 1891 [his former wife] Anne Clegg Viscoutess Hill (age 76) died.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Hill of Hawkestone
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rowland Hill
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Hill
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rowland Hill 1st Baronet
GrandFather: John Hill 3rd Baronet
Father: Colonel John Hill