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: Herbert
Maternal Family Tree: Susan Ridout 1660-1718
On 26th April 1796 [his father] Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 23) and [his mother] Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 54) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon (age 43).
On 8th June 1800 Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon was born to [his father] Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 28) and [his mother] Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon (age 27).
In 1803 [his father] Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 30) was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Somerset.
On 3rd June 1811 [his grandfather] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 69) died. His son [his father] Henry (age 39) succeeded 2nd Earl Carnarvon, 2nd Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire. [his mother] Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon (age 38) by marriage Countess Carnarvon.
Around 1812 Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon (age 11) educated at Eton College [Map].
On 5th March 1813 [his mother] Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon (age 40) died at Shooter's Hill, Greenwich [Map].
In 1814 [his father] Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 41) was appointed Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Around 1816 Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon (age 15) educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
In 1830 Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon (age 29) and Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon (age 25) were married. He the son of Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 57) and Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon.
In 1831 Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon (age 30) was elected MP Wootton Bassett.
On 24th June 1831 [his son] Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon was born to Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon (age 31) and [his wife] Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon (age 26). He married (1) 1861 his half fourth cousin once removed Evelyn Stanhope Countess Carnarvon, daughter of George Stanhope 6th Earl Chesterfield and Anne Weld-Forester Countess Chesterfield, and had issue (2) 1878 his first cousin Elizabeth Catherine Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon and had issue.
On 16th April 1833 [his father] Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 60) died at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia. He was buried at Burghclere, Hampshire. His son Henry (age 32) succeeded 3rd Earl Carnarvon, 3rd Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire. [his wife] Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon (age 28) by marriage Countess Carnarvon.
On 21st December 1834 [his daughter] Eveline Howard Herbert Countess Portsmouth was born to Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon (age 34) and [his wife] Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon (age 30). She married 15th February 1855 her third cousin once removed Isaac Newton Wallop 5th Earl of Portsmouth, son of Newton Wallop aka Fellowes 4th Earl of Portsmouth and Catherine Fortescue Countess Portsmouth, and had issue.
In 1836 [his son] Alan Percy Harty Molyneux Howard Herbert was born to Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon (age 35) and [his wife] Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon (age 31).
On 18th June 1838 [his son] Auberon Edward William Molyneux Howard Herbert was born to Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon (age 38) and [his wife] Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon (age 33). He married 1871 Florence Amabel Cowper, daughter of George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper and Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper, and had issue.
In 1841 Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon (age 40) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1842 [his daughter] Gwendolen Ondine Herbert Herbert was born to Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon (age 41) and [his wife] Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon (age 37).
On 10th December 1849 Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon (age 49) died at Pusey, Oxfordshire. His son Henry (age 18) succeeded 4th Earl Carnarvon, 4th Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 26th May 1876 [his former wife] Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon (age 71) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Vere Countess Montgomery
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Villiers 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Herbert
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Sawyer of Heywood Lodge in White Waltham in Berkshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Sawyer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Sawyer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
GrandFather: Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Elizabeth Tewes
Father: Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Wyndham 1st Baronet
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Wyndham 2nd Baronet
12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Hungerford
15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Wyndham 3rd Baronet
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Leveson-Gower Lady Wyndham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Seymour
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Northumberland
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Warncombe Carpenter
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Carpenter 2nd Baron Carpenter 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Petty
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter
Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Acland 5th Baronet
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Acland
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Acland 6th Baronet
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Dyke Acland 7th Baronet
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wroth 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wroth 3rd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cicely Wroth
GrandFather: John Dyke Acland
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Dyke of Tetton, Holnicote, and Pixton in Somerset
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dyke Lady Acland
Mother: Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fox of Farley Wiltshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephen Fox
Great x 1 Grandfather: Stephen Fox-Strangways 1st Earl of Ilchester
GrandMother: Christian Harriet Fox-Strangways
12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Horner of Mells Manor in Somerset
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Strangways-Horner 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fortescue
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fortescue
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Northcote
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Strangways-Horner Countess Ilchester 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Strangeways
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Strangeways
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Edwards
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susanna Strangeways
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ridout
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Ridout