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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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Paternal Family Tree: Cholmondeley
On 14th September 1723 [his uncle] George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl Cholmondeley (age 20) and [his mother] Mary Walpole were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford (age 47). He the son of [his grandfather] George Cholmondeley 2nd Earl Cholmondeley (age 57) and [his grandmother] Elisabeth van Ruytenburgh Baroness Newborough and Newburgh.
On 17th October 1724 George Cholmondeley was born to [his uncle] George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl Cholmondeley (age 21) and [his mother] Mary Walpole.
On 21st December 1731 [his mother] Mary Walpole died at Aix en Provence. She was buried at St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map].
On 7th May 1733 [his grandfather] George Cholmondeley 2nd Earl Cholmondeley (age 67) died. His son [his uncle] George (age 30) succeeded 3rd Earl Cholmondeley in Cheshire, 4th Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath, 3rd Viscount Malpas in Cheshire, 3rd Baron Cholmondeley Nampwich in Cheshire, 2nd Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey, 2nd Baron Newborough of Newborough in County Wexford.
On 11th May 1745 the allied army commanded by William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland (age 24) was defeated by a French army at the Battle of Fontenoy.
George Cholmondeley (age 20), George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle (age 21), Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover (age 20) and John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 27) fought.
Henry Ponsonby (age 60), James Dillon and Robert Douglas were killed.
George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville (age 29) led the charge of the Duke of Cumberland's infantry leading his regiment so deep into the French lines that when he was wounded and captured he was taken to the tent of Louis XV.
Louis 6th Duke of Gramont (age 55) was killed. His son Antoine (age 23) succeeded 7th Duke Gramont.
In 1747 George Cholmondeley (age 22) and Hester Edwardes (age 19) were married. He the son of George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl Cholmondeley (age 43) and Mary Walpole.
On 11th May 1749 [his son] George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley was born to George Cholmondeley (age 24) and [his wife] Hester Edwardes (age 21). He married 25th April 1791 Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley, daughter of Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, and had issue.
In 1754 George Cholmondeley (age 29) was elected MP Bramber.
In 1761 George Cholmondeley (age 36) was elected MP Corfe Castle, Dorset.
On 15th March 1764 George Cholmondeley (age 39) died.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 3rd September 1794 [his former wife] Hester Edwardes (age 66) died.
[his daughter] Hester Cholmondeley was born to George Cholmondeley. She married William Clapcote Lisle.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "The Younger" Cholmondeley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Dorman
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Cholmondeley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Holford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Cholmondeley 1st Viscount Cholmondeley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Bodville
GrandFather: George Cholmondeley 2nd Earl Cholmondeley
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Cradock
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cradock Viscountess Cholmondley
Father: George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl Cholmondeley 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Adrian Heer van Ruytenburgh
GrandMother: Elisabeth van Ruytenburgh Baroness Newborough and Newburgh 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange
Great x 3 Grandfather: Prince Maurice I of Orange 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna of Saxony 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Nassau Beverweert 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaretha van Mechelen
Great x 1 Grandmother: Wilhemina Anna van Nassau 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
George Cholmondeley 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Calybut Walpole of Houghton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Walpole
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Walpole of Houghton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Barkham 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Barkham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Crouch
Great x 1 Grandfather: Colonel Robert Walpole
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Crane 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susan Crane
Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Alington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Alinton
GrandFather: Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford
Mother: Mary Walpole