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: Millais
In 1828 William Henry Millais was born to [his father] John William Millais and [his mother] Emily Mary Evermy [aged 38].
On 3rd July 1855 [his brother] John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 26] and [his sister-in-law] Euphemia "Effie" Gray Lady Millais [aged 27] were married at Bowerswell House, Kinnoul [Map]; see Life and Letters of Millais. They spent their two-week honeymoon in Argyleshire, Bute and Arran - see Life and Letters of Millais.
In 1860 William Henry Millais [aged 32] and Judith Agnes Boothby [aged 27] were married.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1861. May 29. Went down to Epsom by rail and walked to the course. Met Woolner [aged 35] and a brother sculptor, Burnett, John [aged 31] and William [aged 33] Millais, Mr. Abraham Salomon [aged 38] and Mrs. Abraham Salomon and Miss Salomon. Tom Taylor and a lady. When the 18 horses were running for the Derby Stakes and I and Woolner and Burnett were against the ropes on the side the horses took, and we were struck by the thunder and tramping rush of their progress—that was in truth a sublime moment. In the evening adiourned to Cremorne which was densely thronged by men and women in all states of hilarity and inebricty. Met Munro [aged 35] and Ormsby, Poynter, Du Maurier, Millais and Jopling and others.
On 6th April 1862 [his wife] Judith Agnes Boothby [aged 29] died.
On 22nd April 1864 [his mother] Emily Mary Evermy [aged 75] died.
On 7th June 1866 William Henry Millais [aged 38] and Adelaide Jane Fraser were married.
On 28th January 1870 [his father] John William Millais died.
1871 Census. 7 Cromwell Place, Kensington.
[his brother] John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 41]
[his sister-in-law] Euphemia "Effie" Gray Lady Millais [aged 42]
[his niece] Mary [aged 11]
[his nephew] Geoffrey [aged 7]
John [aged 6]
Sophia [aged 3]
Effie [aged 13]
William [aged 43]
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3rd April 1881. Census. 2 Palace Gate, Kensington.
[his brother] John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 51]
Alice Millais
[his nephew] Geoffrey [aged 17]
Jean Gray.
William [aged 53]
Five servants.
Geoffrey William Millais 4th Baronet: On 18th September 1863 he was born to John Everett Millais 1st Baronet and Euphemia "Effie" Gray Lady Millais. On 30th September 1920 John Everett Millais 3rd Baronet died. His uncle Geoffrey succeeded 4th Baronet Millais of Palace Gate in Kensington in Middlesex. On 7th November 1941 Geoffrey William Millais 4th Baronet died. His son Ralph succeeded 5th Baronet Millais of Palace Gate in Kensington in Middlesex.
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The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 13th August 1896 [his brother] John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 67] died. His son [his nephew] Everett [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Baronet Millais of Palace Gate in Kensington in Middlesex.
On 20th March 1899 William Henry Millais [aged 71] died.
On 24th April 1924 [his former wife] Adelaide Jane Fraser died.