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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.
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After 1625 John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 19) and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor were married. She by marriage Baroness Robartes of Truro in Cornwall. The difference in their ages was 24 years.
In 1630 Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor was born to John Smythe (age 31) and Isabella Rich (age 37).
On 1st August 1632 [her mother] Isabella Rich (age 39) died. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Kimbolton [Map].
Isabella Rich: John Smythe and she were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire. They were fifth cousin once removed. Around 1593 she was born to Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
Before 7th February 1634 [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 28) and Lucy Rich Baroness Robartes (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [her uncle] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick (age 46) and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick.
Around 1650 [her daughter] Letitia Robartes Countess Drogheda was born to [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 44) and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 20) at Lanhydrock, Bodmin.
Before 6th January 1650 [her son] Francis Robartes was born to [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 44) and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 20) at Lanhydrock, Bodmin.
Before 14th July 1657 [her future husband] Charles Cheyne 1st Viscount Newhaven (age 31) and Jane Cavendish (age 35) were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 64) and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th April 1668. At noon with Creed to my Lord Crew's (age 70), and there dined; and here was a very fine-skinned lady dined, the [her daughter] daughter (age 18) of my [her husband] Lord Roberts (age 62), and also a fine lady, Mr. John Parkhurst (age 25) his wife, that was but a boy the other day. And after dinner there comes in my Lady Roberts (age 38) herself, and with her Mr. Roberts's daughter, that was Mrs. Boddevill (age 31), the great beauty, and a fine lady indeed, the first time I saw her. My Lord Crew, and Sir Thomas, and I, and Creed, all the afternoon debating of my Lord Sandwich's (age 42) business, against to-morrow, and thence I to the King's playhouse, and there saw most of "The Cardinall", a good play, and thence to several places to pay my debts, and then home, and there took a coach and to Mile End [Map] to take a little ayre, and thence home to Sir W. Pen's (age 47), where I supped, and sat all the evening; and being lighted homeward by Mrs. Markham, I blew out the candle and kissed her, and so home to bed.
On 28th October 1669 [her son-in-law] Charles Moore 2nd Earl Drogheda and [her daughter] Letitia Robartes Countess Drogheda (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 63) and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 39). He the son of Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda (age 47) and Alice Spencer Countess Drogheda (age 43). They were sixth cousins.
In 1679 [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 73) was created 1st Earl Radnor, 1st Viscount Bodmin by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 48) in reward for having supported Charles' brother James II King England, Scotland and Ireland 1633-1701's future accession. Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 49) by marriage Countess Radnor.
On 29th September 1679 [her son-in-law] William Wycherley (age 38) and [her daughter] Letitia Robartes Countess Drogheda (age 29) were married in secret fearing to lose the King's patronage. She the daughter of [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 73) and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 49).
Before 2nd July 1680 [her son] Francis Robartes (age 30) and [her daughter-in-law] Penelope Pole were married. He the son of [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 74) and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 50).
Around 1685 [her daughter] Letitia Robartes Countess Drogheda (age 35) died.
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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.
On 17th July 1685 [her husband] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 79) died at Chelsea. His grandson Charles (age 25) succeeded 2nd Earl Radnor, 2nd Viscount Bodmin, 3rd Baron Robartes of Truro in Cornwall, 3rd Baronet Robartes.
After 17th July 1685 Charles Cheyne 1st Viscount Newhaven (age 59) and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 55) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Newhaven.
On 30th June 1698 [her husband] Charles Cheyne 1st Viscount Newhaven (age 72) died. He was buried at Chelsea Old Church. His son [her step-son] William (age 40) succeeded 2nd Viscount Newhaven.
On 9th July 1714 Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 84) died.
[her son] John Robartes was born to John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford University.
Grammont. Lady Robarts was then in the zenith of her glory: her beauty was striking; yet notwithstanding the brightness of the finest complexion, with all the bloom of youth, and with every requisite for inspiring desire, she nevertheless was not attractive. The Duke of York, however, would probably have been successful, if difficulties, almost insurmountable, had not disappointed his good intentions: Lord Robarts, her husband, was an old, snarling, troublesome, peevish fellow, in love with her to distraction, and, to complete her misery, a perpetual attendant on her person.
She perceived his royal highness's attachment to her, and seemed as if she was inclined to be grateful: this redoubled his eagerness, and every outward mark of tenderness he could possibly shew her; but the watchful husband redoubling his zeal and assiduity, as he found the approaches advance, every art was practised to render him tractable: several attacks were made upon his avarice and his ambition. Those who possessed the greatest share of his confidence, insinuated to him, that it was his own fault, if Lady Robarts, who was so worthy of being at court, was not received into some considerable post, either about the queen or the duchess: he was offered to be made lord lieutenant of the county where his estate was; or to have the management of the Duke of York's revenues in Ireland, of which he should have the entire disposal, provided he immediately set out to take possession of his charge; and having accomplished it, he might return as soon as ever he thought proper.
He perfectly well understood the meaning of these proposals, and was fully apprized of the advantages he might reap from them: in vain did ambition and avarice hold out their allurements; he was deaf to all their temptations, nor could ever the old fellow be persuaded to be made a cuckold. It is not always an aversion to, or a dread of this distinction, which preserves us from it: of this her husband was very sensible; therefore, under the pretence of a pilgrimage to Saint Winifred the virgin and martyr, who was said to cure women of barrenness, he did not rest, until the highest mountains in Wales were between his wife and the person who had designed to perform this miracle in London, after his departure.
The duke was for some time entirely taken up with the pleasures of the chase, and only now and then engaged in those of love; but his taste having undergone a change in this particular, and the remembrance of Lady Robarts wearing off by degrees, his eyes and wishes were turned towards Miss Brook; and it was in the height of this pursuit, that Lady Chesterfield threw herself into his arms, as we shall see, by resuming the sequel of her adventures.
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[her father] John Smythe and [her mother] Isabella Rich were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and [her grandmother] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire. They were fifth cousin once removed.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Smythe
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Smythe 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Ingaldsthorpe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas "Customer" Smythe 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Thomas Smythe 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: John Smythe 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Rich
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Rich
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Dinley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Dinley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Rich 2nd Baron Rich of Leez
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Jenks
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Jenks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich
GrandFather: Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Baldry
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Baldry Baroness Rich Leez
Mother: Isabella Rich 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Devereux 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Bourchier Baroness Ferrers Chartley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandMother: Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Troutbeck
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Knollys
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston
Great x 1 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England