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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: Annesly
Before 15th April 1715 [his father] Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham (age 26) and [his mother] Mary Sheffield Baroness Altham (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Altham. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 67) and [his grandmother] Ursula Stawell Countess Mulgrave and Conway.
On 15th April 1715 James Annesley was born to Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham (age 26) and Mary Sheffield Baroness Altham (age 23) at Dunmaine. At some time after his birth his father threw his mother out of the house apparently for infidelity. His father also rejected James who, thereafter, was homeless.
On 16th November 1727 [his father] Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham (age 38) died. His brother [his uncle] Richard (age 34) succeeded 5th Baron Altham.
In October 1729 [his mother] Mary Sheffield Baroness Altham (age 37) died.
Before 11th August 1740 James Annesley (age 25), on his third attempt, escaped his captors and made his way overland to Philadelphia where he took passage on a merchant ship to Port Royal in Jamaica.
On 11th August 1740 James Annesley (age 25) signed on as a midshipman on HMS Falmouth under the command of Admiral Edward Vernon (age 55).
In 1741 James Annesley (age 25) returned to England. Shortly thereafter durign a hunting trip in Scotland he accidentally shot a man. His uncle [his uncle] Richard Annesley 6th Earl Anglesey (age 48) attempted to have him hanged for murder.
In 1745 Thomas Marlay (age 65) presided over the 1745 Annesley vs Lord Anglesey Case case in which James Annesley (age 29) sought to claim his inheritance as 6th Earl Anglesey from his uncle [his uncle] Richard Annesley 6th Earl Anglesey (age 52) who had previously had him kidnapped to avoid his receiving his inheritance. The case went in favour of James Annesley but he died before receiving his estates. His uncle died a year later.
In 1745 James Annesley (age 29) laid claim to his inheritance; the 1745 Annesley vs Lord Anglesey Case.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 5th January 1760 James Annesley (age 44) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Annesley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Morgan Philipps
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Philipps 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fletcher
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Philipps 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Perrot 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Elizabeth Perrot Lady Philips 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Prust
GrandFather: Richard Annesley 3rd Baron Altham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Altham
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Altham of Oxhey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver Skinner
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Skinner
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey
Father: Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Davey
GrandMother: Dorothy Davey Baroness Altham
James Annesley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sheffield 2nd Baron Sheffield 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Sheffield 1st Earl Mulgrave 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Douglas Howard Baroness Sheffield 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Sheffield 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tyrwhitt 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Tyrwhitt 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Girlington
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Anderson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Anderson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Grizel Anderson
GrandFather: John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cranfield
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sheppard
Mother: Mary Sheffield Baroness Altham 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stawell of Cothelstone Manor
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stawell 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tuchet 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Stawell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Ursula Stawell Countess Mulgrave and Conway 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England