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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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Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire is in South Yorkshire.
Around 1298 John Fitzwilliam was born to William Fitzwilliam (age 23) and Isabel Deincourt (age 23) at Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire.
Around 1313 Elizabeth Fitzwilliam was born to William Fitzwilliam (age 38) and Isabel Deincourt (age 38) at Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire. She married (1) before 1325 her half second cousin once removed Reginald Mohun, son of John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster and Ada Tiptoft Baroness Dunster, and had issue (2) before 1409 Thomas Musgrave, son of Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave and Margaret Ros Baroness Musgrave.
Around 11th April 1340 William Fitzwilliam (age 65) died at Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire.
Around 1370 Edmund Fitzwilliam was born to John Fitzwilliam (age 41) at Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire. Date adjusted to 1370 to accommodate his son Edmund's birth date of 1386.
On 25th July 1377 John Fitzwilliam was born to William Fitzwilliam (age 31) and Maud Cromwell (age 11) at Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire.
On 22nd February 1384 Elizabeth Fitzwilliam (age 71) died at Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire.
On 27th May 1397 John Fitzwilliam was born to John Fitzwilliam (age 19) at Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire. He married before 17th September 1474 Margaret Clarell Lady of the Garter and had issue.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1417 William Fitzwilliam was born to John Fitzwilliam (age 19) and Margaret Clarell Lady of the Garter (age 20) at Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire. He married before 1st December 1474 Elizabeth Chaworth and had issue.
In 1419 Eleanor Fitzwilliam was born to John Fitzwilliam (age 21) and Margaret Clarell Lady of the Garter (age 22) at Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire. She married in or before 1450 William Rhyther and had issue.
On 22nd September 1478 Richard Fitzwilliam (age 63) died in Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire.
On 19th October 1577 Philip Copley (age 51) died in Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire.
On 23rd June 1923 Brigadier-General Alington Bewicke-Copley (age 68) died of pneumonia at Sprotbrough Hall.