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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.
Baron Wem and Oversley is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Abeyant Baronies of England, Succeeded Baronesses of England, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
1308. William Boteler 1st Baron Wem and Oversley created.
14th September 1335. Son William Boteler 2nd Baron Wem and Oversley succeeded.
December 1361. Son William Boteler 3rd Baron Wem and Oversley succeeded.
14th August 1369. William Boteler 3rd Baron Wem and Oversley abeyant.
1375. Daughter Elizabeth Boteler Baroness Ferrers Wem abeyance terminated.
19th June 1411. Elizabeth Boteler Baroness Ferrers Wem extinct.
In 1308 William Boteler 1st Baron Wem and Oversley (age 33) was created 1st Baron Wem and Oversley. Ela Herdeburgh Baroness Wem and Oversley by marriage Baroness Wem and Oversley.
On 14th September 1335 William Boteler 1st Baron Wem and Oversley (age 61) died at Wem, Shropshire. His son William (age 39) succeeded 2nd Baron Wem and Oversley. Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Wem and Oversley (age 47) by marriage Baroness Wem and Oversley.
In December 1361 William Boteler 2nd Baron Wem and Oversley (age 65) died. His son William (age 51) succeeded 3rd Baron Wem and Oversley.
On 14th August 1369 William Boteler 3rd Baron Wem and Oversley (age 59) died. Baron Wem and Oversley abeyant between his two daughters Alice Boteler (age 29) and Elizabeth Boteler Baroness Ferrers Wem (age 24).
In 1375 Alice Boteler (age 35) died at Wem, Shropshire. Her sister Elizabeth (age 30) abeyance terminated 4th Baroness Wem and Oversley. Robert Ferrers Baron Wem and Oversley (age 34) by marriage Baron Wem and Oversley. Some sources suggest her husband was created Baron Ferrers of Wem and Oversley in this own right. Since his son Robert Ferrers (age 2) didn't succeed to a title when his father died it appears Robert Ferrers was summoned to Parliament in right of his wife ie jure uxoris, rather than being created a Baron in his won right.
On 19th June 1411 Elizabeth Boteler Baroness Ferrers Wem (age 66) died. Baron Wem and Oversley extinct.