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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.
On 28th September 1626 Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale was born to William Murray 1st Earl Dysart (age 26).
On 6th September 1640 Lionel Tollemache 2nd Baronet (age 49) died at Tilbury, Essex [Map]. He was buried at Church of St Mary, Helmingham [Map]. On 6th September 1640 His son [her future husband] Lionel (age 16) succeeded 3rd Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk. Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 13) by marriage Lady Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
Around 1641 Peter Lely (age 22). Portrait of Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 14).
Around 1647 John Weesop. Portrait of Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 20).
Around 1648 Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet (age 23) and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 21) were married. She the daughter of William Murray 1st Earl Dysart (age 48).
Around 1648 Peter Lely (age 29). Portrait of Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 21).
Around 1649 [her son] Thomas Tollemache was born to [her husband] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 22).
Around 1649 [her son] William Tollemache was born to [her husband] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 22).
On 30th January 1649 [her son] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart was born to [her husband] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 22).
In December 1655 [her father] William Murray 1st Earl Dysart (age 55) died. His daughter Elizabeth (age 29) succeeded 2nd Countess Dysart.
On 10th July 1659 [her daughter] Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll was born to [her husband] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet (age 35) and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 32).
After 10th July 1659 [her daughter] Catherine Tollemache was born to [her husband] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet (age 35) and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 32).
Around 1665 Peter Lely (age 46). Portrait of Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 38).
All About History Books
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.
Before 25th March 1669 [her husband] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet (age 44) died. His son [her son] Lionel (age 20) succeeded 4th Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
In December 1671 [her future husband] John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale (age 55) and Anne Home (age 59) were married. She the daughter of Alexander Home 1st Earl of Home and Mary Dudley Countess Home. He the son of John Maitland 1st Earl Lauderdale.
In 1672 John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale (age 55) and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 45) were married. She the daughter of William Murray 1st Earl Dysart. He the son of John Maitland 1st Earl Lauderdale.
On 2nd May 1672 [her husband] John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale (age 55) was created 1st Duke Lauderdale, 1st Earl March Unknown Creation. Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 45) by marriage Duchess Lauderdale.
On 25th June 1674 [her husband] John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale (age 58) was created 1st Earl Guildford, 1st Baron Petersham. Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 47) by marriage Countess Guildford.
Around 1675 Peter Lely (age 56). Portrait of [her husband] John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale (age 58) and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 48).
John Evelyn's Diary. 10th September 1677. To divert me, my Lord (age 59) would needs carry me to see Ipswich, Suffolk [Map], when we dined with one Mr. Mann by the way, who was Recorder of the town. There were in our company my [her son] Lord Huntingtower (age 28), son to the Duchess of Lauderdale (age 50), Sir Edward Bacon, a learned gentleman of the family of the great Chancellor Verulam, and Sir John Felton, with some other knights and gentlemen. After dinner came the bailiff and magistrates in their formalities with their maces to compliment my Lord, and invite him to the town-house, where they presented us a collation of dried sweetmeats and wine, the bells ringing, etc. Then, we went to see the town, and first, the Lord Viscount Hereford's (age 3) house, which stands in a park near the town, like that at Brussels, in Flanders; the house not great, yet pretty, especially the hall. The stews for fish succeeded one another, and feed one the other, all paved at bottom. There is a good picture of the blessed virgin in one of the parlors, seeming to be of Holbein, or some good master. Then we saw the Haven, seven miles from Harwich, Essex [Map]. The tide runs out every day, but the bedding being soft mud, it is safe for shipping and a station. The trade of Ipswich, Suffolk [Map] is for the most part Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map] coals, with which they supply London; but it was formerly a clothing town. There is not any beggar asks alms in the whole place, a thing very extraordinary, so ordered by the prudence of the magistrates. It has in it fourteen or fifteen beautiful churches: in a word, it is for building, cleanness, and good order, one of the best towns in England. Cardinal Wolsey was a butcher's son of Ipswich, but there is little of that magnificent Prelate's foundation here, besides a school and I think a library, which I did not see. His intentions were to build some great thing. We returned late to Euston, Suffolk, having traveled about fifty miles this day.
On 12th March 1678 [her son-in-law] Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll (age 19) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 51). He the son of Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll (age 49) and Mary Stewart Countess Argyll. They were sixth cousins.
On 30th September 1680 [her son] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart (age 31) and [her daughter-in-law] Grace Wilbraham Countess Dysart (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Dysart. He the son of [her former husband] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 54).
On 24th August 1682 [her husband] John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale (age 66) died. Duke Lauderdale, Earl Guildford, Baron Petersham extinct. His brother [her brother-in-law] Charles succeeded 3rd Earl Lauderdale, 3rd Viscount Maitland, 3rd Viscount Lauderdale.
All About History Books
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.
On 25th May 1691 [her son] William Tollemache (age 42) died.
Around June 1694 [her son] Thomas Tollemache (age 45) died.
On 5th June 1698 Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 71) died at Ham House, Richmond, Surrey. She was buried at Church of St Peter Petersham, Surrey. Her son [her son] Lionel (age 49) succeeded 3rd Earl Dysart.
GrandFather: William Murray
Father: William Murray 1st Earl Dysart