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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
In 1590 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet was born to Richard Brownlow (age 36).
In March 1617 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 50) stayed as a guest of John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet (age 27) at the old house near to the church at Belton House [Map] on his way to Scotland.
On 21st July 1638 [his father] Richard Brownlow (age 85) died in Enfield [Map]. Monument to Richard Brownlow in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by Joshua Marshall (age 10).
Richard Brownlow: On 2nd April 1553 he was born. On 12th April 1553 Richard Brownlow was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map]. On 9th October 1591 he was appointed Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas which office he held until heis death which made him a very wealthy.
On 26th July 1641 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire.
Around 1644 Gilbert Soest (age 39). Portrait of John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet (age 54). Belton House.
Before 1676 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet (age 85) and Alice Pulteney (age 71) were married.
In 1676 [his wife] Alice Pulteney (age 72) died.
On 24th November 1679 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet (age 89) died without issue. Baronet Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire extinct. He left Belton House [Map] to his great-nephew John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 20) (grand-son of his brother [his brother] William Brownlow 1st Baronet) and niece Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 20) (grand-daughter of his sister [his sister] Elizabeth Brownlow ) who had married three years before in 1676. He also left them an income of £9,000 per annum and £20,000 in cash. They immediately bought a townhouse in Southampton Square.
After 24th November 1679. St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Monument to John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet (deceased) sculpted by William Stanton (age 40).