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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Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex was born to [her father] Oslac.
In or before 838 King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Wessex. He the son of King Egbert of Wessex (age 64).
Around 838 [her daughter] Æthelswith Wessex Queen Consort Mercia was born to [her husband] King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex. She married May 853 King Burgred of Mercia.
Around 847 [her son] King Æthelred of Wessex was born to [her husband] King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex. He married Wulfthryth Unknown Queen Anglo Saxons and had issue.
In 849 [her son] King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex was born to [her husband] King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex at Wantage, Berkshire. He married 868 Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England, daughter of Æthelred Mucel Mercia Earldorman Gaini and Eadburh of Mercia, and had issue.
In 856 [her husband] King Æthelwulf of Wessex and [her future daughter-in-law] Judith Carolingian Queen Consort Wessex (age 12) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Wessex. She the daughter of Charles "Bald" I King West Francia (age 32) and Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of [her father-in-law] King Egbert of Wessex.
On 13th January 858 [her husband] King Æthelwulf of Wessex died. His son [her son] Æthelbald succeeded King Wessex.
[her son] King Æthelbald of Wessex was born to King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex. He married 858 Judith Carolingian Queen Consort Wessex, daughter of Charles "Bald" I King West Francia and Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia.
[her son] King Æthelstan of Kent was born to King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex. There is some confusion as to whether he was Æthelwulf's son with some versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle stating he was Æthelwulf's brother.
[her son] King Æthelberht of Wessex was born to King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex.