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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: Dolben
Before 1658 [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 32) and [his mother] Catherine Sheldon were married.
In 1658 Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet was born to Archbishop John Dolben (age 33) and Catherine Sheldon.
In or before 1683 Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 24) and Anne Mulso were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings; her sister Elizabeth Mulso married his brother John Dolben (age 20). He the son of Archbishop John Dolben (age 57) and Catherine Sheldon.
Before December 1683 [his brother] John Dolben (age 21) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Mulso were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings; her sister [his wife] Anne Mulso married his brother Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 25). He the son of [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 58) and [his mother] Catherine Sheldon.
In 1684 [his son] John Dolben 2nd Baronet was born to Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 26).
In 1684 Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 26) was appointed Justice of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire.
In 1685 Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Ripon.
Around 18th April 1686 [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 61) died of smallpox. He had been returned from York to London when he came into contact with a person infected with small-pox. Becoming infected himself he died a few days later.
On 1st April 1704 Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 46) was created 1st Baronet Dolben of Finedon in Northamptonshire.
On 28th July 1720 [his son] John Dolben 2nd Baronet (age 36) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Digby Lady Dolben were married.
In 1722 Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 64) died. His son [his son] John (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baronet Dolben of Finedon in Northamptonshire. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Digby Lady Dolben by marriage Lady Dolben of Finedon in Northamptonshire.
Father: Archbishop John Dolben
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Sheldon
GrandFather: Ralph Sheldon
Mother: Catherine Sheldon