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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.
Before 24th September 1612 [his father] Framlingham Gawdy of West Harling (age 23) and [his mother] Lettice Knollys were married.
On 24th September 1612 William Gawdy 1st Baronet was born to Framlingham Gawdy of West Harling (age 23) and Lettice Knollys.
On 30th April 1629 William Gawdy 1st Baronet (age 16) was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge University. He was awarded BA in 1632.
Around 1630 [his mother] Lettice Knollys died.
On 4th February 1634 William Gawdy 1st Baronet (age 21) was admitted to the Inner Temple.
In or before 1638 William Gawdy 1st Baronet (age 25) and Elizabeth Duffield were married.
In or before 1638 [his son] Bassingbourne Gawdy was born to William Gawdy 1st Baronet (age 25) and [his wife] Elizabeth Duffield.
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The 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." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 4th October 1639 [his son] John Gawdy 2nd Baronet was born to William Gawdy 1st Baronet (age 27) and [his wife] Elizabeth Duffield.
In 1654 [his father] Framlingham Gawdy of West Harling (age 64) died.
In or before 1656 [his son] John Gawdy 2nd Baronet (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Grey (age 18) were married.
In 1660 [his son] Bassingbourne Gawdy (age 22) died of smallpox.
In March 1661 William Gawdy 1st Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Thetford.
On 13th July 1663 William Gawdy 1st Baronet (age 50) was created 1st Baronet Gawdy of West Harling.
On 18th August 1669 William Gawdy 1st Baronet (age 56) died. His son [his son] John (age 29) succeeded 2nd Baronet Gawdy of West Harling.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: Bassingbourne Gawdy
Father: Framlingham Gawdy of West Harling
GrandMother: Anne Framlingham
William Gawdy 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knollys
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Doyley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Troutbeck
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Troutbeck
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Knollys
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston
GrandFather: Robert Knollys 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Fulford
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Lettice Knollys 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Watkin Vaughan 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Vaughan of Porthcawl 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Vaughan 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rowland Vaughan of Porthamel in Brecknockshire 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandMother: Catherine Vaughan 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England