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: Keppel
Before 5th June 1702 [his father] Arnold Keppel 1st Earl Albermarle [aged 32] and [his mother] Geertruid Johanna Quirina Van Der Duyn Countess Albermarle were married. She by marriage Countess Albermarle.
On 5th June 1702 William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle was born to [his father] Arnold Keppel 1st Earl Albermarle [aged 32] and [his mother] Geertruid Johanna Quirina Van Der Duyn Countess Albermarle at Whitehall Palace [Map].
On 16th June 1702 William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle was baptised with Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 37] as godparent at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map].
On 30th May 1718 [his father] Arnold Keppel 1st Earl Albermarle [aged 48] died. His son William [aged 15] succeeded 2nd Earl Albermarle, 2nd Viscount Bury in Lancashire, 2nd Baron Ashford of Ashford in Kent.
On 21st February 1722 William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle [aged 19] and Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle [aged 18] were married at Caversham, Reading. She by marriage Countess Albermarle. She the daughter of Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 49] and Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond [aged 51]. He the son of Arnold Keppel 1st Earl Albermarle and Geertruid Johanna Quirina Van Der Duyn Countess Albermarle.
On 27th May 1723 [his father-in-law] Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 50] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Duke Richmond, 2nd Earl March, 2nd Baron Settrington. Sarah Cadogan Duchess Richmond [aged 17] by marriage Duchess Richmond.
On 8th April 1724 [his son] George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle was born to William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle [aged 21] and [his wife] Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle [aged 20]. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 20th April 1770 Anne Miller Countess Albermarle, daughter of John Miller 4th Baronet, and had issue.
On 25th April 1725 [his son] Augustus Keppel 1st Viscount Keppel was born to William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle [aged 22] and [his wife] Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle [aged 21]. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 5th November 1727 [his son] William Keppel was born to William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle [aged 25] and [his wife] Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle [aged 24]. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 19th January 1728 [his son] Bishop Frederick Keppel was born to William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle [aged 25] and [his wife] Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle [aged 24]. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 13th September 1758 Laura Walpole and had issue.
In 1734 [his daughter] Caroline Keppel was born to William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle [aged 31] and [his wife] Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle [aged 30]. She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married Robert Adair of Stratford Place and had issue.
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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In 1739 [his daughter] Elizabeth Keppel was born to William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle [aged 36] and [his wife] Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle [aged 35]. She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 8th June 1764 her fifth cousin once removed Francis Russell, son of John Russell 4th Duke Bedford and Gertrude Leveson-Gower Duchess Bedford, and had issue.
In 1745 Thomas Hudson [aged 44]. Portrait of William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle [aged 42].
In 1749 King George II of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 65] created new Garter Knights as follows:
560th Johann Adolph Wettin Duke Saxe Weissenfels,
561st King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 10],
562nd Charles William Frederick "The Wild Margrave" Hohenzollern [aged 36],
563rd Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds [aged 35],
564th John Russell 4th Duke Bedford [aged 38],
565th William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle [aged 46],
566th John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville [aged 58].
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On 8th August 1750 [his brother-in-law] Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond [aged 49] died. His son Charles [aged 15] succeeded 3rd Duke Richmond, 3rd Earl March, 3rd Baron Settrington.
On 22nd December 1754 William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle [aged 52] died. His son George [aged 30] succeeded 3rd Earl Albermarle, 3rd Viscount Bury in Lancashire, 3rd Baron Ashford of Ashford in Kent.
On 20th October 1789 [his former wife] Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle [aged 86] died in Admiralty House Whitehall Palace.
Letters of Horace Walpole. P. S. I am very sorry for your sake that the Prince and Princess(10) are leaving Florence; if ever I return thither, as I always flatter myself I shall, I should miss them extremely. Lord Albemarle goes ambassador to Paris.
Note 10. Craon.
GrandFather: Oswald Keppel 
William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle
GrandFather: Adam Van Der Duyn
Mother: Geertruid Johanna Quirina Van Der Duyn Countess Albermarle