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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Biography of Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor 1819-1894

Paternal Family Tree: Hill

Maternal Family Tree: Sarah West Baroness Archer

In 1811 [his father] Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire [aged 22] and [his mother] Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Downshire. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Other Windsor 5th Earl Plymouth and [his grandmother] Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst [aged 49]. He the son of Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire and Mary Sandys Marchioness Downshire [aged 46]. They were half third cousins.

On 4th November 1819 Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor was born to [his father] Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire [aged 31] and [his mother] Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire [aged 29].

On 20th July 1833 Other Archer Windsor 6th Earl Plymouth [aged 44] died aboard his yacht at Deptford, Kent [Map]. His uncle Andrew [aged 69] succeeded 7th Earl Plymouth. Baron Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire abeyant between his daughters Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire [aged 43] and Harriet Windsor [aged 35].

On 23rd August 1837 [his brother] Arthur Hill 4th Marquess Downshire [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Caroline Stapleton-Cotton Marchioness Downshire [aged 22] were married. He the son of [his father] Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire [aged 48] and [his mother] Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire [aged 47]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1845 Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 25] was elected MP County Down which seat he held for thirty-five years.

On 12th September 1845 [his father] Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire [aged 56] died. His son [his brother] Arthur [aged 33] succeeded 4th Marquess Downshire. [his sister-in-law] Caroline Stapleton-Cotton Marchioness Downshire [aged 30] by marriage Marchioness Downshire.

On 27th June 1848 Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 28] and Emily Mary Sutton were married. He the son of Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire and Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire [aged 58]. They were fourth cousins.

On 12th November 1850 [his daughter] Gertrude Mary Hill-Trevor was born to Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 31] and [his wife] Emily Mary Sutton.

On 19th November 1852 [his son] Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor was born to Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 33] and [his wife] Emily Mary Sutton. He married (1) 30th August 1893 Annie Mary Eleanor Fraser (2) 7th December 1897 Rosamund Catherine Petre Countess Bantry and had issue.

On 24th January 1855 [his wife] Emily Mary Sutton died.

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 7th April 1855 [his mother] Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire [aged 65] died.

On 15th April 1858 Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 38] and Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor [aged 20] were married. He the son of Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire and Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire.

On 30th March 1861 [his daughter] Edith Maria Hill-Trevor was born to Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 41] and [his wife] Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor [aged 23]. She married before 2nd August 1929 Augustus William West.

On 11th August 1862 Arthur Hill-Trevor 3rd Viscount Dungannon [aged 63] died. Viscount Dungannon extinct. Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 42] inherited his estates including those at Brynkinalt, and changed his surname from Hill to Hill-Trevor.

On 22nd November 1862 [his daughter] Nina Emily Hill-Trevor was born to Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 43] and [his wife] Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor [aged 24].

On 22nd December 1863 [his son] Charles Edward Hill-Trevor 3rd Baron Trevor was born to Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 44] and [his wife] Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor [aged 26]. He married 27th July 1927 Phyllis May Sims Baroness Trevor.

On 6th August 1868 [his brother] Arthur Hill 4th Marquess Downshire [aged 56] died. His son [his nephew] Arthur [aged 23] succeeded 5th Marquess Downshire.

On 23rd January 1869 [his son] Lieutenant Neville Windsor Hill-Trevor was born to Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 49] and [his wife] Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor [aged 31].

On 1st February 1870 [his daughter] Gertrude Mary Hill-Trevor [aged 19] died.

On 18th September 1870 [his son] Leila Sophia Hill-Trevor was born to Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 50] and [his wife] Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor [aged 32].

The London Gazette 24840. Whitehall, April 29, 1880.

The Queen [aged 60] has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the undermentioned persons, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten; namely:

Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings [aged 57], of Donington Park, in the county of Leicester, Esq., by the name, style, and title of Baron Donington, of Donington Park, in the said county of Leicester.

Arthur Edwin Hill Trevor [aged 60], Esq. (commonly called Lord Arthur Edwin Hill Trevor), by the name, style and title of Baron Trevor, of Brynkinalt, in the county of Denbigh. [[his wife] Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor [aged 42] by marriage Baroness Trevor of Brynkinalt in Denbighshire].

Montagu William Lowry-Corry [aged 41], Esq., C.B., by the name, style, and title of Baron Rowton, of Rowton Castle, in the county of Salop.

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.

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After 1890. St Mary's Church, Chirk [Map]. Memorials to the Hill-Trevor family including [his daughter] Gertrude Mary Hill-Trevor, [his son] Lieutenant Neville Windsor Hill-Trevor [aged 20] and Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 70].

Gertrude Mary Hill-Trevor: On 12th November 1850 she was born to Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor and Emily Mary Sutton. On 1st February 1870 Gertrude Mary Hill-Trevor died.

Lieutenant Neville Windsor Hill-Trevor: On 23rd January 1869 he was born to Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor and Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor. On 24th January 1900 Lieutenant Neville Windsor Hill-Trevor was killed in action at the battle of Battle of Spion Kop serving with the 2nd Life Guards of Thornycroft's Mounted Infantry.

On 30th August 1893 [his son] Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor [aged 40] and [his daughter-in-law] Annie Mary Eleanor Fraser [aged 36] were married.

After 1894. St Mary's Churchyard, Chirk. Grave of Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 74] and [his wife] Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor [aged 56].

On 26th July 1894 [his daughter] Nina Emily Hill-Trevor [aged 31] died.

On 25th December 1894 Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor [aged 75] died. His son Arthur [aged 42] succeeded 2nd Baron Trevor of Brynkinalt in Denbighshire.

On 20th August 1911 [his former wife] Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor [aged 73] died.

[his son] George Edwyn Hill-Trevor was born to Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor and Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor.

Royal Ancestors of Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor 1819-1894

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 28 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor 1819-1894

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hill

Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael Hill

Great x 2 Grandfather: Trevor Hill 1st Viscount Hillsborough

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Trevor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Trevor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire

GrandFather: Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Boyle Countess Kildare

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Clotworthy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Clotworthy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaretta Fitzgerald 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William O'Brien 2nd Earl Inchiquin 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William O'Brien 3rd Earl Inchiquin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Boyle Countess Inchiquin 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Villiers Countess Inchiquin 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Sandes 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edwin Sandes 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pettus

Great x 2 Grandfather: Samuel Sandys 1st Baron Sandes 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Rushout 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Rushout

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Pitt Lady Rushout

Great x 1 Grandfather: Martin Sandes 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Letitia Tipping

GrandMother: Mary Sandys Marchioness Downshire 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Trumbull

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Trumbull

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Trumbull

Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Other Windsor 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Other Windsor 2nd Earl Plymouth 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Other Windsor 3rd Earl Plymouth 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Whitley 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Whitley 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Other Lewis Windsor 4th Earl Plymouth 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Other Windsor 5th Earl Plymouth 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Leigh

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Dashwood

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Archer Countess Plymouth 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Tipping Baroness Archer 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cheke of Pirgo 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Cheke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Laetitia Russell 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Leigh

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Dashwood

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood

Great x 1 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 2nd Baron Archer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Tipping Baroness Archer 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cheke of Pirgo 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Cheke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Laetitia Russell 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: James West

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sarah West Baroness Archer