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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.

Biography of Ealhfrith King Deira 630-664

Paternal Family Tree: Bernicia

In or before 630 [his father] King Oswiu of Northumbria (age 17) and [his mother] Rhiainfellt Rheged Queen Consort Bernicia were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Æthelfrith King Northumbrians and [his grandmother] Acha Queen Consort Northumbria.

Around 630 Ealhfrith King Deira was born to King Oswiu of Northumbria (age 18) and Rhiainfellt Rheged Queen Consort Bernicia.

Around 645 [his father] King Oswiu of Northumbria (age 33) and [his step-mother] Eanflæd Queen Consort Bernicia (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bernicia. She the daughter of King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria (age 40). He the son of [his grandfather] Æthelfrith King Northumbrians and [his grandmother] Acha Queen Consort Northumbria. They were half first cousins.

In 655 Ealhfrith King Deira (age 25) succeeded King Deira.

After 655 [his half-brother] King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (age 10) and [his sister-in-law] Æthelthryth Wuffingas Queen Consort Deira and Northumbria (age 19) were married. She the daughter of King Anna of East Anglia. He the son of [his father] King Oswiu of Northumbria (age 43) and [his step-mother] Eanflæd Queen Consort Bernicia (age 28).

Battle of the Winwaed

                    On 15th November 655 [his father] King Oswiu of Northumbria (age 43) defeated the Mercian army (probably) at Cock Beck during the Battle of the Winwaed ending the period of Mercian dominance. The battle is believed to have ended Anglo-Saxon paganism.
                
                    On 15th November 655 [his first cousin] Æthelwald King Deira (age 13), an ally of King Penda of Mercia, withdrew his forces, one of many Mercian allies to do so, weakening King Penda's army.
                
                    King Penda of Mercia and King Æthelhere of East Anglia were killed. Penda's son Paeda King South Mercia succeeded King South Mercia.
                
                    King Æthelwold of East Anglia succeeded King East Anglia after the death of his father at the Battle of the Winwaed.