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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Maitland
On 24th April 1749 [his father] John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale (age 31) and [his mother] Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale were married. She by marriage Countess Lauderdale. They had twelve children, six boys and six girls. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles Maitland 6th Earl Lauderdale and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Ogilvy Countess Lauderdale (age 56).
On 26th January 1759 James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale was born to John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale (age 41) and Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale at Haltoun House, Ratho.
On 15th August 1782 James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale (age 23) and Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale (age 20) were married. He the son of John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale (age 64) and Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale.
On 12th May 1784 [his son] James Maitland 9th Earl Lauderdale was born to James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale (age 25) and [his wife] Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale (age 22).
On 10th June 1785 [his son] Admiral Anthony Maitland 10th Earl of Lauderdale was born to James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale (age 26) and [his wife] Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale (age 23).
In 1789 [his mother] Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale died.
On 17th August 1789 [his father] John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale (age 71) died at Haltoun House, Ratho. His son James (age 30) succeeded 8th Earl Lauderdale, 8th Viscount Maitland, 8th Viscount Lauderdale, 4th Baronet Maitland of Ravelrig in Nova Scotia. [his wife] Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale (age 27) by marriage Countess Lauderdale.
On 3rd October 1790 [his daughter] Eleanor Maitland was born to James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale (age 31) and [his wife] Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale (age 28).
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.
The London Gazette 15889. Whitehall, February 15, 1806.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Baron and Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Thomas Anson (age 39), Esq, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Styles, and Titles of Baron Soberton, of Soberton, in the County of Southampton, and Viscount Anson, of Shugborough and Orgrave, in the County of Stafford. [Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 27) by marriage Viscountess Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire.]
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity ef a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Most Honorable John Denis Marquis of Sligo, Knight of the Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Monteagle, of Westport, in the County of Mayo.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Hugh Earl of Eglinton, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, arid Title of Baron Ardrossan, of Ardrossan, in the County of Ayr.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable James Earl of Lauderdale (age 47), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Lauderdale, of Thirlestane, in the County of Berwick.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable George Earl of Granard (age 46), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Granard, of Castle Donnington, in the County of Leicester.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to John Crewe (age 63), Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Crewe, of Crewe, in the County-Palatine of Chester.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to William Lygon (age 58), Esq; and his Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Beauchamp of Powyke, in the County of Worcester. [Catherine Denn by marriage Baroness Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire.]
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On 19th January 1815 [his son-in-law] James Balfour (age 40) and [his daughter] Eleanor Maitland (age 24) were married. She the daughter of James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale (age 55) and [his wife] Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale (age 53).
On 10th September 1839 James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale (age 80) died at Thirlestane Castle, Lauder. His son [his son] James (age 55) succeeded 9th Earl Lauderdale, 9th Viscount Maitland, 9th Viscount Lauderdale, 2nd Baron Lauderdale of Thirlestane in Berwickshire, 5th Baronet Maitland of Ravelrig in Nova Scotia.
In 1856 [his former wife] Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale (age 94) died.
Diary of the Times of George IV Volume 1 Section 1. In the midst of all these political speculations, Lord Grey has made the disputants a low bow, and has gone back to Northumberland, to remain there till the middle of January. I asked Lord Lauderdale, if Lord Grey's friends did not find fault with his being out of the way at such a moment? 'By no means,' answered he with great gravity; 'Lady Grey, is to be confined very soon, and he sacrifices every thing to the consideration of his wife. He was quite in the right. I always do the same thing1.'
Note 1. This is rather a strange affirmation for the man who is surnamed " The Father of Divorces."
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 19 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 31 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Maitland 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Maitland 1st Earl Lauderdale
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Maitland 3rd Earl Lauderdale
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Maitland 5th Earl Lauderdale
GrandFather: Charles Maitland 6th Earl Lauderdale
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lauder Countess of Lauderdale
Father: John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale 18 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Ogilvy of Inchmartine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Patrick Ogilvy 2nd Earl Findlater
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Ogilvy 3rd Earl Findlater 15 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Ogilvy 1st Earl Findlater 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ogilvy 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leslie
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Ogilvy 1st Earl Seafield 4th Earl Findlater 16 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Ogilvy Countess Lauderdale 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale 19 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Lombe of Norwich
GrandFather: Thomas Lombe
Mother: Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale
GrandMother: Elizabeth Turner