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 18th February 1843 George V King Hanover (age 23) and Marie Saxe Altenburg Queen Consort Hanover were married. He the son of Ernest Augustus King Hanover (age 71) and Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover.
On 21st September 1845 [her son] Ernest Augustus Hanover 3rd Duke Cumberland and Teviotdale was born to [her husband] George V King Hanover (age 26) and Marie Saxe Altenburg Queen Consort Hanover. He a great grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. He married 22nd December 1878 his fourth cousin Thyra Glücksburg Duchess Cumberland and Teviotdale, daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark, and had issue.
On 9th January 1848 [her son] Frederica Hanover was born to [her husband] George V King Hanover (age 28) and Marie Saxe Altenburg Queen Consort Hanover. He a great grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 3rd December 1849 [her daughter] Marie Hanover was born to [her husband] George V King Hanover (age 30) and Marie Saxe Altenburg Queen Consort Hanover. She a great granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 18th November 1851 [her father-in-law] Ernest Augustus King Hanover (age 80) died. His son [her husband] George (age 32) succeeded V King Hanover, 2nd Duke Cumberland and Teviotdale. Marie Saxe Altenburg Queen Consort Hanover by marriage Queen Consort Hanover.
On 12th June 1878 [her husband] George V King Hanover (age 59) died. His son [her son] Ernest (age 32) succeeded 3rd Duke Cumberland and Teviotdale.