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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Bathurst
In June 1682 [his father] Benjamin Bathurst (age 43) and [his mother] Frances Apsley (age 27) were married.
In 1692 Benjamin Bathurst was born to Benjamin Bathurst (age 53) and Frances Apsley (age 37).
Around 1702 Benjamin Bathurst (age 10) educated at Eton College [Map].
In 1704 [his father] Benjamin Bathurst (age 65) died.
Around 1707 Benjamin Bathurst (age 15) educated at Trinity College, Oxford University.
In 1713, 1715 and 1722 Benjamin Bathurst (age 21) was elected MP Cirencester.
On 12th December 1713 Benjamin Bathurst (age 21) and Finetta Poole (age 16) were married.
In 1727, 1734, 1741 and 1747 Benjamin Bathurst (age 35) was elected MP Gloucester.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In June 1727 [his mother] Frances Apsley (age 72) died.
On 16th February 1728 Benjamin Bathurst (age 36) was elected MP Gloucester.
On 27th February 1738 [his wife] Finetta Poole (age 41) died.
On 22nd October 1741 Benjamin Bathurst (age 49) and Catherine Brodrick were married.
On 16th October 1744 [his son] Bishop Henry Bathurst was born to Benjamin Bathurst (age 52) and [his wife] Catherine Brodrick.
In 1754 Benjamin Bathurst (age 62) was elected MP Monmouth Boroughs.
On 5th November 1767 Benjamin Bathurst (age 75) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: George Bathurst
Father: Benjamin Bathurst
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Villiers
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers
Great x 2 Grandfather: Clement Villiers
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Villiers
GrandMother: Elizabeth Villiers
Benjamin Bathurst 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Apsley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Allen Apsley
GrandFather: Captain Allen Apsley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas St John 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Blount of Mapledurham in Oxfordshire 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blount 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford Heytesbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Danvers
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Hungerford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dormer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Dormer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Sidney
Mother: Frances Apsley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Frances Petre