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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In or before 1527 [his father] Robert Llwyd and [his mother] Jane Piggot were married.
In 1527 Humphrey Llwyd aka Lluyd was born to [his father] Robert Llwyd and [his mother] Jane Piggot.
In 1559 Humphrey Llwyd aka Lluyd (age 32) was elected MP East Grinstead.
In 1563 Humphrey Llwyd aka Lluyd (age 36) was elected MP Denbigh Boroughs.
1563. St Marcella's Church, Denbigh [Map]. A Copy of an Act for the Translating of the Bible and the Divine Service into Welsh promoted through Parliament by Humphrey Lhuyd (age 36) in 1563.
In 1563 Humphrey Llwyd aka Lluyd (age 36) lived at Denbigh Castle by permission of Sir John Salusbury (age 44) [Note. Some sources say Richard Myddelton (age 54)] who was then the Lord of the Manor of Denbigh.
Before 1564 Humphrey Llwyd aka Lluyd (age 36) and Barbara Lumley were married. They had two sons and two daughters.
In 1567 Humphrey Llwyd aka Lluyd (age 40) was commissioned by the Crown to produce a map of Wales.
On 31st August 1568 Humphrey Llwyd aka Lluyd (age 41) died. He was buried at St Marcella's Church, Denbigh [Map]. Victorian Monument to Humphrey Llwyd 1527-1568. Prie-Dieu.
Father: Robert Llwyd
GrandFather: Lewis Pigott of Denbigh
Mother: Jane Piggot