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.
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Paternal Family Tree: Eure
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Clarell Lady of the Garter 1397-1462
William Eure 1st and Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Eure were married. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Around 1483 William Eure 1st was born to [his father] Ralph Eure (age 19) and [his mother] Muriel Hastings (age 23).
Before 1516 [his mother] Muriel Hastings (age 55) died.
In 1539 William Eure 1st (age 56) was appointed Governor of Berwick on Tweed.
On 22nd October 1539 [his father] Ralph Eure (age 75) died.
In 1542 William Eure 1st (age 59) was appointed Commander in the North.
After 1542 William Eure 1st (age 59) was appointed High Sheriff of Durham.
After 1542 William Eure 1st (age 59) was appointed Warden of the East Marches.
In 1544 William Eure 1st (age 61) was created 1st Baron Eure. Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Eure by marriage Baroness Eure.
On 27th February 1545 a Scottish army defeated an English army at the Battle of Ancrum Moor at Jedburgh. The Scots Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 56), John Lindsay 5th Lord Lindsay of the Byres (age 63) and James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran (age 29) fought.
Brian Leyton and [his son] Ralph Eure were killed.
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.
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In 1548 William Eure 1st (age 65) died. In 1548 His grandson [his grandson] William (age 18) succeeded 2nd Baron Eure.
[his father] Ralph Eure and [his mother] Muriel Hastings were married. They were half third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
[his son] Ralph Eure was born to William Eure 1st and Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Eure.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Eure
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Eure
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Eure
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Aton 2nd Baron Aton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Aton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Eure 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Fitzhugh 2nd Baron Fitzhugh 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Scrope Baroness Fitzhugh 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Fitzhugh 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Grey 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Fitzhugh 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: William Eure 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzhenry Baroness Greystoke
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Clifford Baroness Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Beauchamp Baroness Clifford 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Greystoke 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ferrers Baron Wem and Oversley 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Ferrers 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boteler Baroness Ferrers Wem 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster 
Father: Ralph Eure 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Constable 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Marmaduke Constable 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Skipwith
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Constable 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Cumberworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catharine Cumberworth
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Constable 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gascoigne VII
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gascoigne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Frank
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Gascoigne
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pickering
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Pickering
GrandMother: Margaret Constable 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wentworth 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Wentworth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Tyas
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Dronsfield
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Despencer 1st Baron Despencer 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Despencer 2nd Baron Despencer 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Unknown Baroness Despencer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Tiptoft 3rd Baron Tibetot 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tiptoft Baroness Despencer 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Deincourt Baroness Tibetot 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
William Eure 1st Baron Eure 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Hastings 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Hastings 7th Baron Hastings 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Everingham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 8th Baron Hastings 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Baron Burghesh 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Despencer Baroness Hastings, Marshal and Morley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Burghesh 3rd Baron Burghesh 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Hastings 9th Baron Hastings 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dynham 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Muriel Dynham Baroness Hastings 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Montagu 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer 
Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: Hugh Hastings 10th Baron Hastings 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Morley 5th Baron Marshal 4th Baron Morley 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Morley 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Hastings Baroness Marshal and Morley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Morley 6th Baron Marshal 5th Baron Morley 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Molines
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Morley Baroness Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael de la Pole 1st Earl Suffolk 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael de la Pole 2nd Earl Suffolk
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Wingfield Countess Suffolk 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Pole Baroness Marshal and Morley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford 
2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Stafford Countess Suffolk 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Mother: Muriel Hastings 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gascoigne VII
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gascoigne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Frank
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Gascoigne 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Mowbray 
3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mowbray 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Gascoigne XII 6 x Great Grand Son of
GrandMother: Anne Gascoigne Baroness Hastings 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Clarell of Aldwarke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Clarell Lady of the Garter