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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: Stewart
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Boyd 1420-1453
Around 1531 James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent was born illegitimately to King James V of Scotland (age 18) and Margaret Erskine (age 15). He a great grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 31st August 1536 James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 5) received a royal charter granting the lands of Tantallon and others.
In 1538 James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 7) was appointed Prior of St Andrew's securing his income.
On 14th December 1542 [his father] King James V of Scotland (age 30) died at Falkland Palace [Map]. His daughter [his half-sister] Mary succeeded I Queen Scotland. She was six days old.
On 5th August 1557 James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 26) and his half-brother [his illegitimate half-brother] Lord Robert (age 24), and Lord Home (age 22) led a raiding party from Edinburgh towards Ford Castle in Northumberland and burnt houses at Fenton before retreating on the approach of an English force led by Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland.
In 1561 Hans Eworth (age 41). Portrait of James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 30).
On 7th February 1562 James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 31) was created 1st Earl Moray and 1st Earl Mar.
On 8th February 1562 James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 31) and Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Mar (age 31) were married at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. She by marriage Countess Moray and Countess Mar. She the daughter of William Keith 4th Earl Marischal (age 55) and Margaret Keith Countess Marischal. He the illegitmate son of King James V of Scotland and Margaret Erskine (age 46). They were fourth cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1565 James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 34) Earl Mar forfeit following his rebellion in protest at the marriage of [his half-sister] Mary, Queen of Scots (age 22), and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (age 19).
In August 1565 [his daughter] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray was born to James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 34) and Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Mar (age 35). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1568. Unknown Painter. Portrait of James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 37).
On 13th May 1568 the army of [his half-sister] Mary Queen of Scots (age 25) commanded by Archibald Campbell 5th Earl Argyll (age 34) was defeated by the army of the Regent her illegitimate half-brother James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 37).
John Campbell was killed.
William "Younger" Douglas 7th Lord Drumlanrig and Robert Seton 1st Earl Winton (age 15) fought.
Claud Hamilton 1st Lord Paisley (age 21) and George Seton 7th Lord Seton (age 37) fought for the Queen.
John Graham 6th Earl Menteith fought for the Earl of Moray.
On 8th April 1569 [his daughter] Margaret Stewart Countess Erroll was born to James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 38) and Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Mar (age 38). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Moray Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. 1570. Memorial to James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 39).
On 23rd January 1570 James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 39) was assassinated at Linlithgow by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of [his half-sister] Mary Queen of Scots (age 27). His daughter [his daughter] Elizabeth (age 4) succeeded 2nd Countess Moray. As he was passing in a cavalcade in the main street below, Hamilton fatally wounded him with a carbine shot from a window of his uncle Archbishop Hamilton's (age 57) house. He was the first head of government to be assassinated by a firearm.
[his daughter] Annabel Stewart was born to James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent and Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Mar. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Robert III of Scotland 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King James I of Scotland 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: King James II of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King James III of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egmont
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves 7 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine La Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois Duchess Cleves 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: King James IV of Scotland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian I King Denmark
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "The Alchemist" Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
Father: King James V of Scotland Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maredudd Tudor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Owen Tudor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Henry VII of England and Ireland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward IV of England 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth York Queen Consort England Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Erskine 1st Lord Erskine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Erskine 2nd Lord Erskine 14th Earl of Mar 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lindsay 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Erksine 3rd Lord Erskine 15th Earl of Mar 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Erskine 4th Lord Erskine 16th Earl of Mar 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandFather: John Erskine 17th Earl of Mar 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Mother: Margaret Erskine 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duncan Campbell 1st Lord Campbell
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Stewart 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Colin Campbell 1st Earl Argyll 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stewart 1st Lord Lorn
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart 2nd Lord Lorn 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Stewart 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Stewart Countess Argyll 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Margaret Campbell Countess Mar 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart of Darnley 1st Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan Stewart of Darnley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lennox Countess Évreux
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Seton Master of Seton 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Seton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Janet Dunbar 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stewart Countess Argyll 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Montgomerie 1st Lord Montgomerie
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Boyd