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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: Fitzherbert of Uphall
Maternal Family Tree: Joan Brereton 1454-1517
In 1507 [his father] Anthony Fitzherbert of Hamstall Ridware (age 41) and Dorothy Willoughby were married.
After 1507 [his father] Anthony Fitzherbert of Hamstall Ridware (age 41) and [his mother] Maud aka Matilda Cotton (age 19) were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
In 1514 Thomas Fitzherbert was born to Anthony Fitzherbert of Hamstall Ridware (age 48) and Maud aka Matilda Cotton (age 26).
Before October 1537 Thomas Fitzherbert (age 23) and Anne Eyre were married.
On 27th May 1538 [his father] Anthony Fitzherbert of Hamstall Ridware (age 72) died at Norbury, Derbyshire [Map].
In 1540 Thomas Fitzherbert (age 26) was appointed Justice of the Peace Staffordshire.
In 1543 Thomas Fitzherbert (age 29) was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire.
On 22nd February 1547 Thomas Fitzherbert (age 33) was knighted. Anthony Cooke (age 43) was created Knight of the Bath.
In 1551 [his mother] Maud aka Matilda Cotton (age 63) died.
In 1554 Thomas Fitzherbert (age 40) was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire.
On 2nd October 1591 Thomas Fitzherbert (age 77) died at Tower of London [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 10 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fizherbert
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fitzherbert
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Fitzherbert 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Longford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Longford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Boteler 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Fitzherbert 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Downes
GrandFather: Ralph Fitzherbert 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Booth
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Booth of Barton in Lancashire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Booth of Harleston in Derbyshire
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Trafford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanna Trafford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marjorie Ince
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Booth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Fynderne
Father: Anthony Fitzherbert of Hamstall Ridware 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Marshall
GrandMother: Elizabeth Marshall
Thomas Fitzherbert 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Cotton of Ridware
GrandFather: Richard Cotton
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pole
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Pole
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Pole
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Pole
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grosvenor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Grosvenor
Mother: Maud aka Matilda Cotton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brereton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Brereton
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Brereton 10th Lord Brereton
GrandMother: Joan Brereton