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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.

Biography of John Poyntz 1560-1633

Paternal Family Tree: Poyntz

Maternal Family Tree: Jane Norbury 1464-1564

Around 1560 John Poyntz was born to Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton (age 32) and Anne Verney (age 21).

On 25th February 1560 William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 32) and [his future wife] Frances Newton Baroness Cobham (age 21) were married at Whitehall Palace [Map]. She by marriage Baroness Cobham.

In 1575 [his mother] Anne Verney (age 36) died.

Before 1583 John Poyntz (age 22) and Ursula Sydenham (age 26) were married.

In or before 1583 John Poyntz (age 22) was appointed MP Gloucestershire.

In or before 1583 John Poyntz (age 22) and Elizabeth Sydenham (age 20) were married.

In 1585 [his father] Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton (age 57) died.

In 1587 [his daughter] Elizabeth Poyntz was born to John Poyntz (age 27) and [his wife] Elizabeth Sydenham (age 25).

In 1588 [his son] Robert Poyntz was born to John Poyntz (age 28) and [his wife] Elizabeth Sydenham (age 26).

On 15th April 1591 Gervase aka Jarvis Gibbons (age 24) and [his future wife] Grissell Roberts were married.

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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.

Before 1592 John Poyntz (age 31) and Frances Newton Baroness Cobham (age 52) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

In 1597 [his step-son] William Brooke (age 31) died.

On 24th January 1597 [his step-daughter] Elizabeth Brooke (age 34) died.

On 6th March 1597 William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 69) died. His son [his step-son] Henry (age 32) succeeded 11th Baron Cobham.

Before 1598 [his step-son] George Brooke (age 29) and Elizabeth Burgh were married. They were fifth cousins.

In 1599 [his step-son] Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham (age 34) was appointed 389th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 65).

In June 1600 John Poyntz (age 40) and Grissell Roberts were married.

Main and Bye Plots

On 5th December 1603 [his step-son] George Brooke (age 35) was executed for his part in the Main and Bye Plots.

On 14th June 1604 [his son] Robert Poyntz (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Gibbons (age 12) were married. Frances being his step-sister, daughter of his step-mother Frances Gibbons.

Before 1610 [his son-in-law] Thomas Butler Viscount Thurles (age 28) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Poyntz (age 22) were married. He the son of Walter Butler 11th Earl Ormonde 4th Earl Ossory (age 50) and Helen Butler Countess Ormonde and Ossory.

On 24th January 1619 [his step-son] Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham (age 54) died. His nephew William (age 21) de jure 12th Baron Cobham but he was unable to claim the title since it was suject to an attainder.

In 1621 [his step-daughter] Margaret Brooke (age 57) died.

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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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In 1633 John Poyntz (age 73) died.

In 1648 [his former wife] Grissell Roberts died.

[his father] Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton and [his mother] Anne Verney were married.

[his daughter] Ann Poyntz was born to John Poyntz and Grissell Roberts.

Royal Ancestors of John Poyntz 1560-1633

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of John Poyntz 1560-1633

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of John Poyntz 1560-1633

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Poyntz

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Poyntz

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mill

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Poyntz

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cox

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Cox

Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Poyntz 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Woodville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stradling

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gwenllian Stradling

GrandFather: Nicholas Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Huddersfield

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Huddersfield 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Courtenay 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Courtenay 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Champernoun 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Courtenay 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hungerford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor or Catherine Peverell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Father: Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Berkeley 11th and 1st Baron Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bluet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Mowbray Baroness Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

GrandMother: Joan Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Constable

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Constable

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Gascoigne

Great x 2 Grandfather: Marmaduke Constable 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Constable Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzhugh 4th Baron Fitzhugh 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Fitzhugh 5th Baron Fitzhugh 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Willoughby Baroness Fitzhugh 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Fitzhugh 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Neville Baroness Fitzhugh 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

John Poyntz 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Verney

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Verney of Pendley in Hertfordshire

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Verney

GrandFather: Ralph Verney

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Weston

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Weston

Mother: Anne Verney 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bray of Eaton Bray

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye

GrandMother: Elizabeth Braye 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Halwell of Halwell in Devon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Norbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John IV Norbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Norbury 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England