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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.
Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer is in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire.
Around 1315 Brian Cornwall of Kinlet was born to Edmund Cornwall (age 35) and Elizabeth Brampton (age 20) at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map]. He a great x 2 grandson of King John of England. He married before 1392 his fourth cousin once removed Maud Strange, daughter of Roger Strange 4th Baron Strange Knockin, and had issue.
On 27th June 1316 Edmund Mortimer (age 13) and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton (age 3) were married at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map]. He the son of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 29) and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville (age 30). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1354 Elizabeth Brampton (age 59) died at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map].
In 1392 Brian Cornwall of Kinlet (age 77) died at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map].
On 26th October 1443 John Blount (age 66) died at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map].
In 1446 William Lichfield died. The estates at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map] were inherited by Humphrey Blount (age 25) who was the grandson of John Blount of Sodington who had married Isabella Cornwall who was the aunt of William's wife Elizabeth Cornwall (age 36).
In 1455 Thomas Blount was born to Humphrey Blount (age 34) and Elizabeth Winnington (age 27) at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map]. He married in or before 1469 Anne Croft and had issue.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 12th October 1477 Humphrey Blount (age 56) died at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map].
Around 1484 John Blount was born to Thomas Blount (age 29) and Anne Croft (age 26) at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map]. He married before 1498 Catherine Peshall and had issue.
In 1498, possibly later, Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys was born to John Blount (age 14) and Catherine Peshall (age 14) at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map]. She married (1) 18th June 1522 Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys, son of George Tailboys 9th Baron Kyme and Elizabeth Gascoigne Baroness Kyme, and had issue (2) before 1536 Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln, son of Thomas Clinton 8th Baron Clinton and Jane Poynings Baroness Clinton, and had issue.
Around 1530 Agnes Blount was born to John Blount (age 46) and Catherine Peshall (age 46) at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map]. She married in or before 1537 Richard Lacon and had issue.