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 Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster 1770-1846

Paternal Family Tree: Egerton

On 12th September 1769 [her father] Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton [aged 20] and [her mother] Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Lady Egerton and Oulton.

On 19th July 1770 Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster was born to [her father] Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton [aged 20] and [her mother] Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton [aged 17].

On 15th May 1784 [her father] Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton [aged 34] was created 1st Baron Grey Wilton. [her mother] Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton [aged 31] by marriage Baroness Grey Wilton.

On 28th April 1794 Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 27] and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton [aged 44] and Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton [aged 41]. He the son of Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor [aged 62].

On 27th January 1795 [her son] Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster was born to [her husband] Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 27] and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 24]. He married before October 1820 Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster, daughter of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland, and had issue.

On 30th December 1799 [her son] Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton was born to [her husband] Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 32] and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 29]. He married (1) 29th November 1821 Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton, daughter of Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby and Elizabeth Farren Countess Derby, and had issue (2) 12th September 1863 Susan Isabel Elton Smith Countess Wilton.

On 24th April 1801 [her son] Robert Grosvenor 1st Baron Ebury was born to [her husband] Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 34] and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 30]. He married 1831 Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley Baroness Ebury, daughter of Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey, and had issue.

The London Gazette 15375. Whitehall, June 15, 1801.

The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable William Lord Craven [aged 30], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles, and Titles of Viscount Uffington, in the County of Berks, and Earl of Craven in the County of York. [Louisa Brunton Countess Craven [aged 16] by marriage Countess Craven in Yorkshire].

The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honourable George Lord Onslow [aged 69], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles, and Title of Viscount Cranley, of Cranley, in the County of Surrey, and Earl of Onslow, of Onslow, in the County of Salop. [Henrietta Shelley Countess Onslow [aged 70] by marriage Countess Onslow.]

The King has also been pleased to grant the said Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Charles Lord Romney [aged 56], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stiles, and Titles of Viscount Marsham of the Mote, in the County of Kent, and 1st Earl of Romney.

The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Biitain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Pelham [aged 73], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Earl of Chichester. [Anne Frankland Countess Chichester [aged 66] by marriage Countess Chichester.]

The King has likewise been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable [her father] Thomas Lord Grey de Wilton [aged 51], and the Heirs Male, of his body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles and Titles of Viscount Grey de Wilton, and Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle, in the County of Hereford, with Remainders to Thomas Grosvenor, Esq; Second Son, Robert Grosvenor, Esq. Third Son of the Right Honourable [her husband] Robert Grosvenor [aged 34], (commonly called Viscount Belgrave), by Eleanor [aged 30] his Wife, Daughter of the said Thomas Lord Grey de Wilton, and the Fourth, Fifth, Sixths Seventh, and every other Son and Sons, of the said Eleanor by her present or any future Husband, hereafter to be begotten severally and successively, and the respective Heirs Male of their Bodies lawfully begotten. [[her mother] Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton [aged 48] by marriage Countess Wilton.]

On 5th August 1802 [her father-in-law] Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor [aged 71] died at Earls Court, Kensington. He was buried at Grosvenor Vault, St Mary's Church, Eccleston. His son [her husband] Robert [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Grosvenor, 8th Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshire. Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 32] by marriage Countess Grosvenor.

On 23rd September 1814 [her father] Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton [aged 65] died. His grandson [her son] Thomas [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Earl Wilton, 2nd Viscount Grey de Wilton. Baron Grey Wilton extinct. His fourth cousin John [aged 48] succeeded 8th Baronet Egerton and Oulton.

On 3rd February 1816 [her mother] Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton [aged 63] died.

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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Before October 1820 Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster [aged 25] and Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland [aged 62] and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland [aged 55]. He the son of Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 53] and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 50].

On 29th November 1821 Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton [aged 21] and Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Wilton. She the daughter of Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 68] and Elizabeth Farren Countess Derby [aged 62]. He the son of Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 54] and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 51].

In 1831 [her husband] Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 63] was created 1st Marquess Westminster. Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 60] by marriage Marchioness Westminster.

In 1831 Robert Grosvenor 1st Baron Ebury [aged 29] and Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley Baroness Ebury [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 57] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 49]. He the son of Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 63] and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 60].

On 29th November 1846 Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 76] died.

Royal Ancestors of Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster 1770-1846

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

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

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

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

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

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

Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster 1770-1846

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roland Egerton 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Egerton 2nd Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Grey Lady Egerton and Oulton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Egerton 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Holland Egerton 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Thomas Egerton 6th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cave of Croft Castle 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cave 1st Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Croft

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Cave 2nd Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wenman 2nd Viscount Wenman 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Penelope Wenman Lady Cave 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Cave 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bromley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Bromley Lady Cave

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Leigh 1st Baron Leigh

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Leigh

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Egerton Baroness Leigh

Father: Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Assheton

GrandFather: Ralph Assheton 3rd Baronet

Mother: Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton