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Biography of Roger Lewknor of Broadhurst 1421-1478

Around 1421 Roger Lewknor of Broadhurst was born to Thomas Lewknor of Horsted Keynes and Elizabeth Echyngham.

Before 1439 William Stafford (age 18) and [his future wife] Catherine Chideocke (age 15) were married.

Before 1445 Roger Lewknor of Broadhurst (age 23) and Eleanor Camoys (age 36) were married.

Around 1445 [his son] Thomas Lewknor of Trotton was born to Roger Lewknor of Broadhurst (age 24) and [his wife] Eleanor Camoys (age 37).

Before 1469 Roger Lewknor of Broadhurst (age 47) and Mary West were married.

Around 1469 [his son] Roger Lewkenor "The Younger" was born to Roger Lewknor of Broadhurst (age 48) and [his wife] Mary West.

On 24th July 1473 [his wife] Mary West died.

Before 23rd July 1478 Roger Lewknor of Broadhurst (age 57) and Catherine Chideocke (age 55) were married.

On 23rd July 1478 Roger Lewknor of Broadhurst (age 57) died.

On 14th October 1478 [his former wife] Eleanor Camoys (age 70) died.

On 10th April 1479 [his former wife] Catherine Chideocke (age 56) 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.

Ralph Radmylde and Margaret Camoys were married.

She and her sister Eleanor Camoys were both heirs to their brother Hugh Camoys 2nd Baron Camoys. Her sister married Roger Lewknor of Broadhurst and they became the parents of [his brother] Nicholas Lewknor of Kingston Buci who married the Elizabeth Radmylde daughter of Ralph Radmylde and Margaret Camoys. When their brother Hugh Camoys 2nd Baron Camoys died in 1426 the title Baron Camoys became abeyant for 413 years until claimed by Thomas Stonor 3rd Baron Camoys a descendant Margaret Ramylde.

John Arundell and Catherine Chideocke were married. They were fifth cousins.

[his father] Thomas Lewknor of Horsted Keynes and [his mother] Elizabeth Echyngham were married.