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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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On 26th March 1885 [her father] General Anson Stager of Chicago (age 59) died at Chicago.
On 8th March 1887 James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler 4th Marquess Ormonde (age 37) and Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde were married. She brought a fortune of £200,000 to the marriage. He the son of John Butler 2nd Marquess Ormonde and Frances Paget Marchioness Ormonde (age 70).
On 20th December 1887 [her daughter] Evelyn Frances Butler was born to [her husband] James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler 4th Marquess Ormonde (age 38) and Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde. She married 1920 Edmund Rupert Drummond.
In 1890 [her son] James George Anson Butler 5th Marquess Ormonde was born to [her husband] James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler 4th Marquess Ormonde (age 40) and Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde. He married 23rd February 1915 his third cousin once removed Sybil Fellowes Marchioness of Ormonde, daughter of William Henry Fellowes 2nd Baron de Ramsey of Ramsey Abbey and Rosamond Jane Frances Spencer-Churchill, and had issue.
In 1891 [her husband] James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler 4th Marquess Ormonde (age 41) and Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde were living at 21 Park Lane.
In 1893 [her son] James Arthur Norman Butler 6th Marquess Ormonde was born to [her husband] James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler 4th Marquess Ormonde (age 43) and Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde.
On 24th April 1894 [her daughter] Eleanor Rachel Butler was born to [her husband] James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler 4th Marquess Ormonde (age 44) and Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde. She married 17th August 1915 Captain Edward Brassey Egerton.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 23rd February 1915 [her son] James George Anson Butler 5th Marquess Ormonde (age 25) and [her daughter-in-law] Sybil Fellowes Marchioness of Ormonde (age 26) were married. He the son of [her husband] James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler 4th Marquess Ormonde (age 65) and Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde. They were third cousin once removed.
On 17th August 1915 [her son-in-law] Captain Edward Brassey Egerton (age 26) and [her daughter] Eleanor Rachel Butler (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler 4th Marquess Ormonde (age 65) and Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde.
On 26th October 1919 [her brother-in-law] James Butler 3rd Marquess Ormonde (age 75) died. His brother [her husband] James (age 70) succeeded 4th Marquess Ormonde, 22nd Earl Ormonde, 16th Earl Ossory, 4th Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire. Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde by marriage Marchioness Ormonde.
In 1920 [her son-in-law] Edmund Rupert Drummond (age 35) and [her daughter] Evelyn Frances Butler (age 32) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler 4th Marquess Ormonde (age 70) and Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde.
Around 1925 [her sister] Annie Stager died at Monte Carlo. She left a total estate of $847,207, half of which was left to Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde.
In 1943 [her husband] James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler 4th Marquess Ormonde (age 93) died. His son [her son] James (age 53) succeeded 5th Marquess Ormonde, 23rd Earl Ormonde, 17th Earl Ossory, 5th Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire. [her daughter-in-law] Sybil Fellowes Marchioness of Ormonde (age 54) by marriage Marchioness Ormonde.
In 1949 [her son] James George Anson Butler 5th Marquess Ormonde (age 59) died. His brother [her son] James (age 56) succeeded 6th Marquess Ormonde, 23rd Earl Ormonde, 17th Earl Ossory, 6th Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire.
On 17th June 1951 Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde died.
Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde was born to [her father] General Anson Stager of Chicago.