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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: Lethbridge
In June 1776 [his father] John Lethbridge 1st Baronet (age 30) and [his mother] Dorothea Buckler were married.
On 21st February 1778 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet was born to John Lethbridge 1st Baronet (age 32) and Dorothea Buckler.
In 1796 [his daughter] Jacinta Dorothea Lethbridge was born to Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 17) and [his wife] Jacintha Catherine Hesketh (age 20).
In 1796 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 17) and Jacintha Catherine Hesketh (age 20) were married.
In 1798 [his son] John Hesketh Lethbridge 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 19) and [his wife] Jacintha Catherine Hesketh (age 22).
On 31st August 1801 [his wife] Jacintha Catherine Hesketh (age 25) died.
In 1803 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Anne Goddard (age 23) were married.
All About History Books
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.
In May 1806 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 28) was elected MP Somerset.
In 1815 [his father] John Lethbridge 1st Baronet (age 69) died. His son Thomas (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset. He was buried at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Pilton [Map] where there is a ledger stone inscribed as follows:
Here lyeth ye body of Phillip Bowchier, Gent., buried ye 3d day of Agust 1687 aged 64 years. Here also layeth the body of Agnes late wife of Phillip Bowchier, Gent., who departed this life ye 25th day of Nobr 1698 aged 66. Here lyes also buryed the body of Thomas Lethbridge, Gent., son of Thomas Lethbridge of Clement's Inne, Gent., a younger son of Christopher Lethbridge of Westaway, Esq., by Margaret his wife daughter of the above named Philip Bowchier. Obt 10th Augst 1744 aetatis 20"
On 27th March 1817 [his son] John Hesketh Lethbridge 3rd Baronet (age 19) and [his daughter-in-law] Harriet Rebecca Mytton (age 19) were married.
On 6th September 1817 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 39) founded the West Somerset Savings Bank.
On 1st August 1818 [his son-in-law] Ambrose Goddard of the Lawn in Swindon (age 39) and [his daughter] Jacinta Dorothea Lethbridge (age 22) were married.
On 18th November 1826 [his son-in-law] Francis Dugdale Astley 2nd Baronet (age 21) and [his daughter] Emma Dorothea Lethbridge Lady Astley were married.
On 15th March 1827 [his son] John Hesketh Lethbridge 3rd Baronet (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Julia Hoare were married.
On 9th August 1831 [his former son-in-law] Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Fitzroy and [his daughter] Lucy Sarah Lethbridge were married.
On 6th March 1843 [his daughter] Jacinta Dorothea Lethbridge (age 47) died.
On 17th October 1849 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 71) died. He was buried at St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford [Map]. His son [his son] John (age 51) succeeded 3rd Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset.
On 25th January 1857 [his former wife] Anne Goddard (age 77) died.
[his daughter] Lucy Sarah Lethbridge was born to Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet.
[his daughter] Emma Dorothea Lethbridge Lady Astley was born to Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet.
Father: John Lethbridge 1st Baronet
Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet
GrandFather: William Buckler of Boreham in Wiltshire
Mother: Dorothea Buckler