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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On 11th December 1682 Thomas Thynne 1st Viscount Weymouth [aged 42] was created 1st Viscount Weymouth, 1st Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire. Frances Finch Viscountess Weymouth [aged 32] by marriage Viscountess Weymouth.
On 28th July 1714 Thomas Thynne 1st Viscount Weymouth [aged 74] died. His great nephew Thomas [aged 4] succeeded 2nd Viscount Weymouth, 2nd Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 3rd Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire.
On 6th December 1726 Thomas Thynne 2nd Viscount Weymouth [aged 16] and Elizabeth Sackville Viscountess Weymouth [aged 15] were married at Whitehall Palace [Map]. She by marriage Viscountess Weymouth. She the daughter of Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset [aged 38] and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset [aged 37]. They were fifth cousins.
On 3rd July 1733 Thomas Thynne 2nd Viscount Weymouth [aged 23] and Louisa Carteret Viscountess Weymouth [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Weymouth. She the daughter of John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville [aged 43] and Frances Worsley Countess Granville [aged 40]. They were second cousin once removed.
In January 1751 Thomas Thynne 2nd Viscount Weymouth [aged 40] died. His son Thomas [aged 16] succeeded 3rd Viscount Weymouth, 3rd Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 4th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire.
In 1759 Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath [aged 24] and Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Weymouth. She the daughter of William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland [aged 49] and Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland [aged 43]. They were third cousins.
On 19th November 1796 Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath [aged 62] died. His son Thomas [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Marquess of Bath, 4th Viscount Weymouth, 4th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 5th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath [aged 23] by marriage Marchioness of Bath.
On 27th March 1837 Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath [aged 72] died. His son Henry [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Marquess of Bath, 5th Viscount Weymouth, 5th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 6th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath [aged 32] by marriage Marchioness of Bath. Monument in Saints Peter and Paul Church, Longbridge Deverill [Map] sculpted by Francis Leggatt Chantrey [aged 55].
Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath: On 4th May 1797 he was born to Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath. On 19th April 1830 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath and Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath were married. He the son of Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath. On 24th June 1837 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath died. His son John succeeded 4th Marquess of Bath, 6th Viscount Weymouth, 6th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 7th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. The Times. 27th January 1916. The death of Lady Ulrica Thynne took place on Wednesday at 30, Grosvenor-gardens. She was the second daughter of the 12th Duke of Somerset and was born in 1833. She married, in 1858, Lord Henry Frederick Thynne, second son of the third Marquess of Bath, who was Treasurer of the Household to Queen Victoria and for over 25 years M.P. for South Wilts. There were four sons and two daughters of the marriage. The funeral will be at Findon, near Worthing, on Monday, at 1 o'clock.
Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath: On 3rd May 1804 she was born to Alexander Baring 1st Baron Ashburton and Ann Louisa Bingham Baroness Ashburton. On 2nd January 1892 Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath died.
On 24th June 1837 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath [aged 40] died. His son John [aged 6] succeeded 4th Marquess of Bath, 6th Viscount Weymouth, 6th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 7th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 20th April 1896 John Alexander Thynne 4th Marquess of Bath [aged 65] died. His son Thomas [aged 33] succeeded 5th Marquess of Bath, 7th Viscount Weymouth, 7th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 8th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. Violet Caroline Mordaunt Marchioness Bath [aged 27] by marriage Marchioness of Bath.
On 9th June 1946 Thomas Henry Thynne 5th Marquess of Bath [aged 83] died. His son Henry [aged 41] succeeded 6th Marquess of Bath, 8th Viscount Weymouth, 8th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 9th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. Daphne Vivian Marchioness Bath [aged 41] by marriage Marchioness of Bath.
On 30th June 1992 Henry Frederick Thynne 6th Marquess of Bath [aged 87] died. His son Alexander [aged 60] succeeded 7th Marquess of Bath, 9th Viscount Weymouth, 9th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 10th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire.