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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: Ward
Maternal Family Tree: Susanna Margaretta Coker 1745
On 24th April 1851 [his father] William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley (age 34) and Selina Constance de Burgh Baroness Ward (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ward of Birmingham; she died seven months later.
On 21st November 1865 [his father] William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley (age 48) and [his mother] Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 19) were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years.
On 20th March 1870 John Hubert Ward was born to William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley (age 52) and Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 23).
On 7th May 1885 [his father] William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley (age 68) died at Dudley House Park Lane. His son [his brother] William (age 17) succeeded 2nd Earl of Dudley of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire, 12th Baron Ward of Birmingham.
On 11th January 1900 John Hubert Ward (age 29) was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Worcestershire Yeomanry (The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars). He served in the Boer War between 1900 and 1901 as an aide to Major General John Palmer Brabazon.
In 1901 John Hubert Ward (age 30) was the Assistant Private Secretary to the Financial Secretary to the War Office, Edward George Villiers Stanley 17th Earl of Derby (age 35).
In April 1908 the engagement between John Hubert Ward (age 38) and [his future wife] Jean Templeton Reid (age 23) was annouced. She the daughter of Whitelaw Reid, American ambassador to the United Kingdom.
On 23rd June 1908 John Hubert Ward (age 38) and Jean Templeton Reid (age 23) were married at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. He the son of William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley and Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 61).
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 1913 Rachel Anne Gurney Countess Dudley (age 45) commissioned a new reredos at Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Great Witley [Map] from Salviati of Venice. The three lamps hanging in the sanctuary were given by the Countess in thanks for her [his brother] husband (age 45) and his two brothers [John Hubert Ward (age 42) and [his brother] Robert Arthur Ward (age 41)] returning safely from the Boer War. The initials on the mosaics appear to be those of the three brothers.
On 2nd December 1928 John Hubert Ward (age 58) died.
On 1st May 1962 [his former wife] Jean Templeton Reid (age 77) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ward 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ward 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reverend William aka Henry Ward 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Grey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Ward 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Humble Ward 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
GrandFather: William Humble Ward 10th Baron Ward 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Father: William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
John Hubert Ward 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Moncrieffe 4th Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Moncrieffe 5th Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: David Moncrieffe 6th Baronet
GrandFather: Thomas Moncrieffe 7th Baronet
Mother: Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Henry Hay 8th Earl Kinnoull
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archbishop Robert Hay-Drummond 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Abigail Harley Countess Kinnoul 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Hay-Drummond 10th Earl Kinnoul 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter d'Auriol
Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta d'Auriol
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Hay-Drummond 11th Earl Kinnoull 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Harley 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Harley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Morgan Countess of Oxford and Mortimer 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Harley Countess Kinnoul 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Bangham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Bangham
GrandMother: Louisa Hay-Drummond Lady Moncrieffe 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Admiral William Rowley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Admiral Joshua Rowley 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Admiral Charles Rowley 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Burton Rowley Countess Kinnoul
Great x 4 Grandfather: Curtis King
Great x 3 Grandfather: Admiral Richard King 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Barnett
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth King
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susanna Margaretta Coker