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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: Smith aka Vernon
Around 1865 Gertrude Vernon Lady Agnew was born to Gowran Charles Vernon (age 39) and Caroline Fazakerly (age 37). The exact date of her birth is uncertain; it may been in 1864.
On 15th January 1872 [her father] Gowran Charles Vernon (age 46) died.
In 1884 [her mother] Caroline Fazakerly (age 56) died.
In or before 1889. John Edwards. Photograph of Gertrude Vernon Lady Agnew (age 23).
On 15th October 1889 Andrew Agnew 9th Baronet (age 39) and Gertrude Vernon Lady Agnew (age 24) were married. They were sixth cousins.
1892. John Singer Sargent (age 35). "Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (age 27)". Commissioned by [her husband] Andrew Agnew 9th Baronet (age 41). The subject is believed to have been recovering from illness, which may account for the languor in her pose.
The portrait was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1893 and may have been influential in Sargent becoming an associate of the Academy the following January.
The portrait was purchased in 1925 by the National Gallery of Scotland with funds from the James Cowan Smith bequest.
Andrew Agnew 9th Baronet: On 14th August 1850 he was born to Andrew Agnew 8th Baronet and Mary Arabella Louisa Noel. On 15th October 1889 Andrew Agnew 9th Baronet and Gertrude Vernon Lady Agnew were married. They were sixth cousins. On 25th March 1892 Andrew Agnew 8th Baronet died. His son Andrew succeeded 9th Baronet Agnew of Lochnaw in Wigtownshire. Gertrude Vernon Lady Agnew by marriage Lady Agnew of Lochnaw in Wigtownshire. On 14th July 1928 Andrew Agnew 9th Baronet died.
On 25th March 1892 [her father-in-law] Andrew Agnew 8th Baronet (age 74) died. His son [her husband] Andrew (age 41) succeeded 9th Baronet Agnew of Lochnaw in Wigtownshire. Gertrude Vernon Lady Agnew (age 27) by marriage Lady Agnew of Lochnaw in Wigtownshire.
On 14th July 1928 [her husband] Andrew Agnew 9th Baronet (age 77) died.
In April 1932 Gertrude Vernon Lady Agnew (age 67) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Percy Smith
GrandFather: Robert Smith aka Vernon 1st Baron Lyveden 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Vernon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Vernon 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Gowran Charles Vernon 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Gowran
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Robinson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Robinson Baroness Gowran
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Emma Mary Fitzpatrick Baroness Lyveden 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mary Wilson
Gertrude Vernon Lady Agnew 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Caroline Fazakerly