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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: Compton
Before 19th August 1622 [his father] Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 21) and [his mother] Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton (age 18) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton (age 47).
Around 1629 Francis Compton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 27) and Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton (age 25).
On 19th March 1643 [his brother] William Compton (age 18) and [his brother] James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton (age 20) fought for the Royalist army at Hopton Heath, Staffordshire.
[his father] Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 41) was killed. His son James succeeded 3rd Earl of Northampton, 4th Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.
On 18th March 1654 [his mother] Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton (age 50) died.
On 27th December 1661 Francis Compton (age 32) was knighted.
In or before 1662 Francis Compton (age 32) and Elizabeth Bedell (age 41) were married. He the son of Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton and Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton. They were half sixth cousins.
Around 1662 [his wife] Elizabeth Bedell (age 41) died.
In June 1664 Francis Compton (age 35) and Jane Trevor (age 31) were married. He the son of Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton and Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton.
In 1677 [his wife] Jane Trevor (age 44) died.
On 6th July 1685 John Berkeley 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 35) fought at Westonzoyland Bridgwater, Somerset during the Battle of Sedgemoor.
Francis Compton (age 56) was wounded.
Sharington Talbot (age 29) "behaved himself very handsomely".
1927. The History of the Fanshawe Family. By H C Fanshawe. Privately Published, 1927. Pages 81-82.
[his former wife] Elizabeth married Sir Francis Compton and died childless early in 1662; it being recorded in the private act of Parliament passed in 1675-6 to enable him [Sir Francis Compton] to sell Hamerton, of which he had bought a half share from Sir Thomas Leventhorpe and his wife [his former sister-in-law] Mary, for £10,000 in November, 1661, that his own wife had died shortly after that date. As he was made Knight on 27th December, 1661, it seems doubtful if his wife was ever Lady Compton. Sir Francis, who was wounded at Sedgemore, died in 1717, and was buried at the head of the tomb of his [his brother] brother, the Bishop of London, under the east window of the old Parish Church of Fulham"
On 20th December 1716 Francis Compton (age 87) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Compton
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Compton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Aylworth
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Compton
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brereton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Werburga Brereton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Walden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Walden
GrandFather: William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Hastings Baroness Compton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Neville Baroness Montagu 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Spencer
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer
GrandMother: Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton
Francis Compton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaumont 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Beaumont 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Darcy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Beaumont 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: George Pauncefote
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Beaumont 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bassett 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bassett 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Bassett 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandFather: Francis Beaumont 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Armstrong
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Armstrong
Mother: Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England