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: Vaux
On 22nd December 1456 [his father] William Vaux of Harrowden (age 20) and [his step-mother] Katherine Panizzone (age 16) were married.
Around 1460 Nicholas Vaux 1st was born to [his father] William Vaux of Harrowden (age 24).
On 4th May 1471 King Edward IV of England (age 29) was victorious at the 4th May 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury. His brother Richard (age 18), Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick (age 36), John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 46), George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny (age 31), John Savage (age 49), John Savage (age 27), Thomas St Leger (age 31), John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 45), Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough (age 40) fought. William Brandon (age 46), George Browne (age 31), Ralph Hastings, Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby (age 38), James Tyrrell (age 16), Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley (age 38) were knighted. William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 40) commanded.
Margaret of Anjou (age 41) was captured. Her son Edward of Westminster Prince of Wales (age 17) was killed. He was the last of the Lancastrian line excluding the illegitmate Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester (age 11) whose line continues to the present.
John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon (age 36) was killed and attainted. Earl Devon forfeit. Some sources refer to these titles as being abeyant?
John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock (age 71) was killed. Baron Wenlock extinct.
John Delves (age 49), John Beaufort (age 30), [his father] William Vaux of Harrowden (age 35) and Robert Whittingham (age 42) were killed.
Edmund Beaufort (age 32), Humphrey Tuchet (age 37) and Hugh Courtenay (age 44) were captured.
Henry Roos fought and escaped to Tewkesbury Abbey [Map] where he sought sanctuary. He was subsequently pardoned.
William Carey (age 34) was killed.
Before 1476 William Parr (age 41) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden were married. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 1490 Nicholas Vaux 1st (age 29) and Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden were married. She by marriage Baroness Vaux Harrowden.
Around 1490 [his daughter] Katherine Vaux was born to Nicholas Vaux 1st (age 30) and [his wife] Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden. She married 1512 George Throckmorton of Coughton and had issue.
In 1500 [his daughter] Anne Vaux was born to Nicholas Vaux 1st (age 40) and [his wife] Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden. She married in or before 1515 Thomas Strange of Hunstanton and had issue.
In 1501 [his son-in-law] Richard Sapcote (age 18) and [his daughter] Alice Vaux were married.
On 9th November 1506 Thomas Green (age 45) died at the Tower of London [Map] having been imprisoned on a charge of treason. His daughters [his future wife] Anne Green Baroness Vaux of Harrowden (age 17) and [his future sister-in-law] Maud Green (age 14) inherited his estate.
In 1508 [his step-son] Thomas Parr (age 25) and [his future sister-in-law] Maud Green (age 15) were married. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 29th January 1508 [his wife] Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden died.
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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After 29th January 1508 Nicholas Vaux 1st (age 48) and Anne Green Baroness Vaux of Harrowden (age 19) were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years.
In 1510 [his son] Thomas Vaux 2nd Baron Vaux Harrowden was born to Nicholas Vaux 1st (age 50) and [his wife] Anne Green Baroness Vaux of Harrowden (age 21). He married 1523 Elizabeth Cheney Baroness Vaux Harrowden and had issue.
In 1512 [his son-in-law] George Throckmorton of Coughton (age 23) and [his daughter] Katherine Vaux (age 22) were married.
In or before 1515 [his son-in-law] Thomas Strange of Hunstanton (age 21) and [his daughter] Anne Vaux (age 14) were married.
Around 1523 [his son] Thomas Vaux 2nd Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 13) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Cheney Baroness Vaux Harrowden (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Vaux Harrowden.
On 27th April 1523 Nicholas Vaux 1st (age 63) was created 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden. [his wife] Anne Green Baroness Vaux of Harrowden (age 34) by marriage Baroness Vaux Harrowden.
In May 1523 [his son] William Vaux died.
Before 14th May 1523 [his wife] Anne Green Baroness Vaux of Harrowden (age 34) died.
On 14th May 1523 Nicholas Vaux 1st (age 63) died. His son Thomas (age 13) succeeded 2nd Baron Vaux Harrowden.
[his daughter] Maud Vaux was born to Nicholas Vaux 1st . She married in or before 1545 John Fermor and had issue.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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[his daughter] Bridget Vaux was born to Nicholas Vaux 1st .
[his daughter] Margaret Vaux was born to Nicholas Vaux 1st .
[his son] William Vaux was born to Nicholas Vaux 1st .
[his daughter] Alice Vaux was born to Nicholas Vaux 1st and Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden. She married 1501 Richard Sapcote.
Calais in the Hands of the English. The Castle Of Guisnes.
The castle of Guisnes was a post of the greatest importance, situated immediately on the French frontier; and its custody was conferred on persons of the first distinction. The title they bore was that of (the king's) lieutenant, but they were also sometimes styled captain.
Sir James Tyrrell was "capitaine" of Guisnes in 1489 (see note in p. 2).
Sir Nicholas Vaux was lieutenant of Guisnes in the year 1513 (see p. 12). The document which now follows contains the conditions upon which the office was conferred upon him.
Sir William Fitzwilliam was lieutenant of Guisnes in 1524.
William Lord Sandys was "captain" of Guisnes in 1527.
Sir John Wallop, K.G. held this office in 1541 (see the preceding page), and he died possessed of it in 1551 (see p. 211).
Sir Andrew Dudley, K.G. was his successor.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Elias Vaux 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Vaux
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Vaux
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Vaux
GrandFather: William Vaux
Father: William Vaux of Harrowden