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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Ruthyn is in Denbighshire.
In 1268 John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton was born to Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 28] at Ruthyn. He married (1) before 1291 Maud Basset Baroness Grey Wilton, daughter of Ralph Basset and Margaret Somery Baroness Basset Drayton, and had issue (2) before 28th October 1323 Anne Ferrers Baroness Grey Wilton.
Around 1325 Johanna Grey was born to Roger Grey 1st Baron Grey Ruthyn [aged 35] and Elizabeth Hastings Baroness Grey Ruthyn [aged 30] at Ruthyn.
On 6th March 1353 Roger Grey 1st Baron Grey Ruthyn [aged 63] died at Ruthyn. His son Reginald [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthyn.
On 20th April 1396 Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn [aged 65] died at Ruthyn.
In 1448 Elizabeth Grey was born to Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent [aged 31] and Katherine Percy [aged 24] in Ruthyn. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.66%. She married her half second cousin Robert Greystoke, son of Ralph Greystoke 5th Baron Greystoke and Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Greystoke, and had issue.
On 3rd September 1448 Joan Astley Baroness Grey Ruthyn [aged 82] died in Ruthyn.
Around 1450 Anne Grey Baroness Grey Wilton was born to Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent [aged 33] and Katherine Percy [aged 26] in Ruthyn. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.66%. She married in or before 1469 her half third cousin John Grey 8th Baron Grey of Wilton, son of Reginald Grey 7th Baron Grey of Wilton and Tacine Beaufort Baroness Grey Wilton, and had issue.
On 18th July 1472 Elizabeth Grey [aged 24] died in Ruthyn.
On 6th November 1528 Dean Gabriel Goodman was born to Edward Goodman at Nantclwyd y Dre.
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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On 3rd July 1927 Marah Bond Robinson [aged 66] died at Clwyd Hall Ruthin.
Ruthin Castle is also in Castles in Denbighshire.
The River Clwyd rises 8km north-west Corwen, Denbighshire [Map] from where it flows past Ruthin Castle [Map], Denbigh [Map], St Asaph [Map] to Rhuddlan Castle [Map], from where the remaining 4km were canalised when the castle wads constructed, entering the Irish Sea at Rhyl [Map].
Around 1317 Juliane Grey was born to Roger Grey 1st Baron Grey Ruthyn [aged 27] and Elizabeth Hastings Baroness Grey Ruthyn [aged 22] at Ruthin Castle [Map]. She married her fourth cousin once removed John Talbot and had issue.
In 1872 William Cornwallis-West [aged 36] and Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick [aged 16] were married. He was more than twice her age - the marriage arranged to avoid a scandal. They lived at Ruthin Castle [Map]. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 28th June 1873 Mary Theresa "Daisy" Cornwallis-West was born to William Cornwallis-West [aged 38] and Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick [aged 17] at Ruthin Castle [Map].