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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: Mathrathal
Before 1177 Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn was born to Owain Cyfeiliog Mathrafal (age 46).
In 1187 Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn (age 10) attacked at Carreghofa Castle [Map].
In 1195 Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn (age 18) was appointed Prince Powys Wenwynwyn.
In 1197 [his father] Owain Cyfeiliog Mathrafal (age 67) died. He was buried at Strata Marcella [Map].
In 1199 Gruffydd ap Rhys Dinefwr Prince Deheubarth was captured by Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn (age 22) at Cilgerran Castle [Map].
In 1208 Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn (age 31) arrested by King John of England (age 41).
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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.
Around 1210 Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn (age 33) was released.
Around 1211 [his son] Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn was born to Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn (age 34).
In 1216 Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn (age 39) died. His son [his son] Gruffydd (age 5) succeeded Prince Powys Wenwynwyn.
[his father] Owain Cyfeiliog Mathrafal and Gwenllian Aberffraw were married. She the daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd. They were third cousin once removed.
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 2 Grand Son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 6 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gwerystan ap Gwaithfoed Mathrafal
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cynfyn ap Gwersytan Mathrafal
Great x 4 Grandmother: Nest ferch Cadell ap Brochfael King Powys
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandmother: Angharad ferch Maredudd
Great x 1 Grandfather: Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
GrandFather: Gruffydd ap Maredudd Mathrafal
Father: Owain Cyfeiliog Mathrafal