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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.

Biography of George Carew -1612

Paternal Family Tree: Carew

1603 Death of Queen Elizabeth I Accession of James I

1603 Coronation of James I

George Carew and Thomasine Godolphin were married.

George Carew was born to Thomas Carew and Elizabeth Edgecombe.

On 12th February 1565 [his father] Thomas Carew (age 38) died.

In 1584 George Carew was elected MP St Germans.

In 1586 George Carew was elected MP Saltash.

In 1588 George Carew was elected MP Saltash.

In 1593 George Carew was elected MP Saltash.

In 1597 George Carew was elected MP St Germans.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1601 George Carew was elected MP St Germans.

Death of Queen Elizabeth I Accession of James I

On 24th March 1603 Elizabeth I (age 69) died at Richmond Palace [Map] around three in the morning. Her first cousin twice removed James (age 36) succeeded I King England Scotland and Ireland.

Immediately following her death Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth (age 43) started on horseback for Edinburgh to inform King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland arriving at Holyrood Palace [Map] late on the 26 Mar 1603. His conduct met with general disapproval and merited censure as contrary to all decency, good manners and respect. George Carew and Thomas Lake (age 35) were sent by the Council to formally inform James of her death.

Coronation of James I

On 23rd July 1603 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 37) created a number Knights at the Royal Gardens Whitehall Palace:

Henry Savile 1st Baronet (age 24), William Morgan (age 43), George Carew, Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden (age 46), Richard Musgrave 1st Baronet (age 18), James Calthorpe (age 44), Thomas Gresham (age 56), George Fane of Burston (age 22), Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 23), Robert Chichester (age 25), William Pope 1st Earl Downe (age 29), Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 15), Thomas Berkeley (age 28), Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 40), William Herbert 1st Baron Powis (age 30), Anthony Irby (age 26), Drue Drury of Eccles and Rollesby in Norfolk and Arnold Lygon (age 45).

24th July 1603 Richard Browne (age 64).

On 13th November 1612 George Carew died.

Royal Ancestors of George Carew -1612

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of George Carew -1612

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas "Baron Hydon" Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bonville

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Courtenay 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Courtenay 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Carew 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Wymond Carew 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Father: Thomas Carew 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Denny

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Denny

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Denny

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Denny

GrandMother: Martha Denny 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Troutbeck

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Troutbeck

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Troutbeck 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Stanley Baroness Grey Codnor 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Troutbeck 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

George Carew 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Edgecombe

Great x 1 Grandfather: Piers Edgecombe

GrandFather: Richard Edgecombe 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bradshaigh

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine St John 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Jenkyn ap Philip

Great x 3 Grandfather: Morgan ap Jenkin Lord of Langstone

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor

Mother: Elizabeth Edgecombe 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England