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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: Lucas
After 1631 [his father] Thomas Lucas (age 52) and Mary Byron were married.
In 1649 [his father] Thomas Lucas (age 70) died.
In 1650 Robert Lucas 3rd Baron Shenfield was born to Thomas Lucas.
In 1688 Robert Lucas 3rd Baron Shenfield (age 38) was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London.
In 1688 [his illegitimate brother] Charles Lucas 2nd Baron Lucas Shenfield (age 57) died. His brother Robert (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baron Lucas of Shenfield.
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th February 1690. I dined with the Marquis of Carmarthen (age 57) (late Lord Danby), where was Lieutenant-General Douglas (age 45), a very considerate and sober commander, going for Ireland. He related to us the exceeding neglect of the English soldiers, suffering severely for want of clothes and necessaries this winter, exceedingly magnifying their courage and bravery during all their hardships. There dined also Lord Lucas, Lieutenant of the Tower (age 40), and the Bishop of St. Asaph (age 62). The Privy Seal was again put in commission, Mr. Cheny (who married my kinswoman, Mrs. Pierrepoint), Sir Thomas Knatchbull (age 50), and Sir P. W. Pultney. The imprudence of both sexes was now become so great and universal, persons of all ranks keeping their courtesans publicly, that the King had lately directed a letter to the Bishops to order their clergy to preach against that sin, swearing, etc., and to put the ecclesiastical laws in execution without any indulgence.
John Evelyn's Diary. 25th March 1691. Lord Sidney (age 42), principal Secretary of State, gave me a letter to Lord Lucas (age 41), Lieutenant of the Tower, to permit me to visit Lord Clarendon; which this day I did, and dined with him.
On 31st January 1705 Robert Lucas 3rd Baron Shenfield (age 55) died. Baron Lucas of Shenfield extinct.
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Lucas
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Lucas
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Lucas
GrandFather: Thomas Lucas
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fermor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Fermor
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vaux of Harrowden
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Vaux
Father: Thomas Lucas