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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: Townshend
Before 1534 [his father] Robert Townshend and [his mother] Alice Poppy were married.
In 1537 Henry Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and Alice Poppy.
On 8th February 1556 [his father] Robert Townshend died.
In 1571 Henry Townshend (age 34) was elected MP Bridgnorth.
In 1572 Henry Townshend (age 35) was elected MP Bridgnorth.
Around 1575 [his mother] Alice Poppy died.
In 1588 Henry Townshend (age 51) was appointed Recorder of Carmarthen [Map].
Around 1588 Henry Townshend (age 51) was appointed Recorder of Leominster, Herefordshire.
Before 1592 Henry Townshend (age 54) and Susanna Hayward were married.
In 1592 [his wife] Susanna Hayward died.
In 1593 Henry Townshend (age 56) and Dorothy Heveningham (age 43) were married. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
In 1614 Henry Townshend (age 77) was elected MP Ludlow.
In 1621 Henry Townshend (age 84) died.
All About History Books
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.
In 1635 [his former wife] Dorothy Heveningham (age 85) died.
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Townshend
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Townshend
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Lunsford of Romford in Essex
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Lunsford
GrandFather: Roger Townshend
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Lunsford of Battle in Sussex
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Lunsford
Father: Robert Townshend
Great x 1 Grandfather: William
GrandMother: Anne de Brewse aka Braose
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hopton
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Hopton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hopton of Blythburgh
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Savile of Thornhill
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savile
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Thornhill
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Savile
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pilkington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Pilkington
GrandFather: Robert Poppy
Mother: Alice Poppy