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 format.
In or before 1580 [his father] Peter Coryton of Coryton and [his mother] Jane aka Joan Wrey were married.
In 1580 William Coryton was born to [his father] Peter Coryton of Coryton and [his mother] Jane aka Joan Wrey.
In 1585 William Coryton (age 5) and Elizabeth Chichester were married. They had four sons and seven daughters.
In 1603 William Coryton (age 23) was appointed Vice-Warden of the Stannaries.
In 1613 William Coryton (age 33) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1620 William Coryton (age 40) was appointed Vice-Warden of the Stannaries.
On or before 29th July 1621 [his son] John Coryton 1st Baronet was born to William Coryton (age 41) and [his wife] Elizabeth Chichester. He was baptised on 29th July 1621 St Mellion. He married (1) 27th December 1643 Elizabeth Mills Lady Coryton and had issue (2) on or after 24th May 1680 Anne Wayte Lady Coryton.
In 1624, 1626 and 1628 William Coryton (age 44) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1625 William Coryton (age 45) was elected MP Liskeard.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
In July 1627 William Coryton (age 47) was arrested for refusing to subscribe the forced loan of that year, and imprisoned in the Fleet Prison [Map], where he remained until March 1628.
In 1640 William Coryton (age 60) was elected MP Launceston.
In 1640 William Coryton (age 60) was elected MP Grampound.
On 27th December 1643 [his son] John Coryton 1st Baronet (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Mills Lady Coryton were married. They had two sons and two daughters.
In 1651 William Coryton (age 71) died.
On 26th January 1657 [his former wife] Elizabeth Chichester died.
Father: Peter Coryton of Coryton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Wrey of North Russell
GrandFather: John Wrey of North Russell
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Shilstone
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Shilstone
Mother: Jane aka Joan Wrey
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Killigrew of Woolstone St Ive Cornwall 
GrandMother: Blanch Killigrew