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: Feilding
William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh educated at Eton College [Map].
On 25th March 1796 William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh was born to [his father] William Feilding [aged 35] and [his mother] Anne Catherine Powys at Berwick House, Shrewsbury.
Before 8th August 1799 [his father] William Feilding [aged 39] and [his mother] Anne Catherine Powys were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Basil Feilding 5th Earl Desmond 6th Earl Denbigh [aged 80] and [his grandmother] Mary Cotton Countess Desmond and Denbigh [aged 46].
On 8th August 1799 [his father] William Feilding [aged 39] died.
On 14th July 1800 [his grandfather] Basil Feilding 5th Earl Desmond 6th Earl Denbigh [aged 81] died. His grandson William [aged 4] succeeded 6th Earl Desmond, 7th Earl Denbigh, 7th Viscount Feilding, 7th Baron Feilding of Newnham Paddocks in Warwickshire, 6th Viscount Callan of Callan in Kilkenny, 6th Baron Feilding of Lecagh in Tipperary, 6th Baron St Liz.
In 1816 William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh [aged 19] graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 8th May 1822 William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh [aged 26] and Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Desmond Countess Denbigh. She the daughter of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 45] and Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 40].
On 9th April 1823 [his son] Rudolph Feilding 8th Earl of Denbigh 7th Earl Desmond was born to William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh [aged 27] and [his wife] Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh [aged 24]. He married in or before 1859 Mary Berkeley Countess Denbigh and had issue.
On 29th June 1826 [his brother-in-law] Henry Reynolds-Moreton 2nd Earl Ducie [aged 24] and Elizabeth Dutton Countess Ducie [aged 19] were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 49] and [his mother-in-law] Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 44].
On 26th June 1827 [his son] General Percy Feilding was born to William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh [aged 31] and [his wife] Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh [aged 28]. He married 29th April 1862 Louisa Isabella Harriet Thynne, daughter of Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath and Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath, and had issue.
In 1830 William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh [aged 33] was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 67].
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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In 1833 William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh [aged 36] was appointed Privy Council.
On 28th April 1833 [his son] Reverend Charles William Frederick Feilding was born to William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh [aged 37] and [his wife] Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh [aged 34]. He married 21st September 1882 his fifth cousin once removed Emily Margaret Egerton and had issue.
On 22nd June 1840 [his father-in-law] Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 63] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Earl Ducie, 5th Baron Ducie. Elizabeth Dutton Countess Ducie [aged 33] by marriage Countess Ducie.
On 16th December 1842 [his wife] Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh [aged 44] died at Eaton Place, Belgravia.
In or before 1859 Rudolph Feilding 8th Earl of Denbigh 7th Earl Desmond [aged 35] and Mary Berkeley Countess Denbigh were married. He the son of William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh [aged 62] and Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh.
On 29th April 1862 General Percy Feilding [aged 34] and Louisa Isabella Harriet Thynne [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath and Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath [aged 57]. He the son of William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh [aged 66] and Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh.
On 25th June 1865 William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh [aged 69] died. His son Rudolph [aged 42] succeeded 7th Earl Desmond, 8th Earl Denbigh, 8th Viscount Feilding, 8th Baron Feilding of Newnham Paddocks in Warwickshire, 7th Viscount Callan of Callan in Kilkenny, 7th Baron Feilding of Lecagh in Tipperary, 7th Baron St Liz.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 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 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 28 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Basil Feilding 3rd Earl Desmond 4th Earl Denbigh 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Cranfield Countess Monmouth 
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Feilding 4th Earl Desmond 5th Earl Denbigh 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Firebrace
Great x 3 Grandfather: Basil Firebrace 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dowell of Stoke Golding in Leicestershire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hester Firebrace Countess Desmond and Denbigh
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hough
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hough Lady Firebrace
GrandFather: Basil Feilding 5th Earl Desmond 6th Earl Denbigh 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Jong
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Jong Countess Desmond and Denbigh
Father: William Feilding 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cotton 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Bruce Cotton 5th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Cotton 6th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Mary Cotton Countess Desmond and Denbigh 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Mother: Anne Catherine Powys 