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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: Brownlow
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Dewe 1668
Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven was born to John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow.
On 16th July 1697 [her father] John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 38) committed suicide after suffering from severe gout. His brother [her uncle] William (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map]. Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 30) by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by William Stanton (age 58).
In 1710 [her sister] Margaret Brownlow (age 23) died of smallpox. Her estate of £40,000 was divided between her four sisters: Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, [her sister] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter (age 29), [her sister] Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford (age 26) and [her sister] Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel (age 19).
In June 1711 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 25) and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 50) and Mary Wynn.
In 1714 [her son] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to [her husband] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 27) and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
On 27th July 1721 [her mother] Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 62) died.
On 26th July 1723 [her father-in-law] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 62) died. His son [her husband] Peregrine (age 37) succeeded 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 2nd Marquess Lindsay, 5th Earl Lindsey, 18th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
On 1st May 1729 [her son] Brownlow Bertie 5th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to [her husband] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 43) and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven at Lindsey House Cheyne Walk.
In 1735 [her son] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Blundell were married. He the son of [her husband] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 48) and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
In 1736 Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven died.
On 1st January 1741 [her former husband] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 54) died. His son [her son] Peregrine (age 27) succeeded 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 3rd Marquess Lindsay, 6th Earl Lindsey, 19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
After 1st January 1741. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham [Map]. Monument to [her former husband] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (deceased). Flat Obelisk before which stands life sized carving of the deceased leaning on an Urn, in Roman dress, a putto holding a medallion of the Duchess Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. Sculpted by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 38).
[her daughter] Jane Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
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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.
[her daughter] Albinia Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
[her daughter] Mary Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
[her son] Albemarle Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
[her daughter] Caroline Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Brownlow 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Duncombe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Duncombe
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bennett
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Bennett
Father: John Brownlow 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Freke of Iwerne Courtney
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Freke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Swayne of Blandford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Swayne
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Freke of Stretton in Dorset
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Taylor of Burton Bradstock
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Taylor
GrandMother: Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow
Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Sherard
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Sherard of Lobthorpe
GrandFather: Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brownlow
Mother: Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow
Great x 1 Grandfather: Lumley Dewe of Bishop Upton in Hereforeshire
GrandMother: Margaret Dewe