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The 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.
Paternal Family Tree: Fitzalan
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Bettershorne 1353-1427
Before 1407 [his father] John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel (age 21) and [his mother] Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 24) were married. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.
On 14th February 1408 John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel was born to John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel (age 22) and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 26) at Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset.
Around April 1421 [his step-father] Richard Poynings (age 21) and [his mother] Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 39) were married at Beverstone, Tetbury. They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.
On 21st April 1421 [his father] John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel (age 35) died. His son John (age 13) succeeded 6th or 14th Earl Arundel, 4th Baron Maltravers, 4th Baron Arundel. [his future wife] Constance Cornwall Countess of Arundel by marriage Countess Arundel.
Around 1425 [his step-father] Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 46) and [his mother] Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 43) were married.
In 1426 John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel (age 17) was knighted.
Before 1427 John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel (age 18) and Constance Cornwall Countess of Arundel were married. There is some uncertainty as to whether they did marry; they were betrothed as children. She the daughter of John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke (age 62) and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter. He the son of John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 44). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1427 [his wife] Constance Cornwall Countess of Arundel died.
In 1429 John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel (age 20) and Maud Lovell Countess Arundel were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel. He the son of John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 47). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 30th January 1429 [his son] Humphrey Fitzalan 8th or 15th Earl of Arundel was born to John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel (age 20) and [his wife] Maud Lovell Countess Arundel.
In April 1432 John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel (age 24) was appointed 147th Knight of the Garter by King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 10).
On 9th May 1435 a French force commanded by Étienne Vignolles "La Hire" heavily defeated an English force commanded by John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel (age 27) at the Battle of Gerberoy.
On 12th June 1435 John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel was captured and died from wounds received at the battle. His son [his son] Humphrey (age 6) succeeded 8th ot 15th Earl Arundel, 5th Baron Maltravers, 5th Baron Arundel.
Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 30) fought.
Chronicle of Gregory. 12th June 1435. And that same year was slayne the Erle of Arundelle (age 27) in France.
Effigy of John Fitz-Alan, Lord Maltravers and Earl of Arundel. JOHN FITZ-ALAN was descended directly, in the third degree, from John the second son of Richard Earl of Arundel, noticed at p. 83, who [Note. John.] married Eleanor daughter of Lord Maltravers, he was the eldest son of [his father] John Fitz-Alan, Lord Maltravers, by his wife [his mother] Eleanor (age 54), daughter of [his grandfather] Sir John Berkeley, and was born in 1407. His father had previously succeeded to the estates of his kinsman, Thomas Earl of Arundel, grandson of Richard before mentioned, by the elder branch; but it does not appear that he ever bore the title of Earl of Arundel. In 1432 John Fitz-Alan preferred a petition to the Parliament that he might be admitted to his due place in all public councils, inasmuch as he was seised of the Castle and Honour of Arundel, to which the title of Earl had, by peculiar custom, time out of mind, been annexed.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 8 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 16 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Vere
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp
GrandFather: John Fitzalan Baron Maltravers 2nd Baron Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Maltravers
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Gorges
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Maltravers 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Milicent Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva Zouche
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gwenllian Unknown
Father: John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Despencer Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Baron Burghesh 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Despencer 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Ferrers 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christiana Plessey Baroness Segrave
GrandMother: Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Zouche, Harringworth, Maltravers and Arundel 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Badlesmere Baroness Burghesh
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Verdun Baroness Burghesh 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Mortimer Lady Verdun 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Burghesh 3rd Baron Burghesh 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Weyland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard de Weyland 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary de de Braose 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecily Weyland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Plantagenet Baroness Berkeley Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy Countess Derby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Zouche
Great x 3 Grandfather: Eudo Zouche
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bisset
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eva Zouche
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cantilupe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Millicent Cantilupe
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva de Braose
GrandFather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Clivedon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Clivedon Baroness Berkeley
Mother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Bettershorne