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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.

Culture, Anglo Saxon Indexes, Anglo Saxon Titles, Royalty, Saxon Heptarchy, King East Anglia

King East Anglia is in Saxon Heptarchy.

624 King Raedwald's Burial at Sutton Hoo

654 Battle of Bulcamp

655 Battle of the Winwaed

Around 571 Wuffa King East Anglia was appointed King East Anglia.

Around 578 Wuffa King East Anglia died. His son Tytila succeeded King East Anglia.

Around 599 Raedwald King East Anglia (age 29) succeeded King East Anglia.

King Raedwald's Burial at Sutton Hoo

Around 624 Raedwald King East Anglia (age 54) died. He was probably buried at Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge. His son Eorpwald succeeded King East Anglia.

Around 636 King Anna of East Anglia succeeded King East Anglia.

Battle of Bulcamp

In 654 King Penda of Mercia defeated the East Anglian army at the Battle of Bulcamp at Bulcamp, Blythburgh. King Anna of East Anglia and his son Jurmin Wuffingas were killed. Anna's son His uncle Æthelhere succeeded King East Anglia.

Battle of the Winwaed

On 15th November 655 King Oswiu of Northumbria (age 43) defeated the Mercian army (probably) at Cock Beck during the Battle of the Winwaed ending the period of Mercian dominance. The battle is believed to have ended Anglo-Saxon paganism.

On 15th November 655 Æthelwald King Deira (age 13), an ally of King Penda of Mercia, withdrew his forces, one of many Mercian allies to do so, weakening King Penda's army.

King Penda of Mercia and King Æthelhere of East Anglia were killed. Penda's son Paeda King South Mercia succeeded King South Mercia.

King Æthelwold of East Anglia succeeded King East Anglia after the death of his father at the Battle of the Winwaed.

In 664 King Æthelwold of East Anglia died. His nephew Ealdwulf succeeded King East Anglia.

In 821 King Coenwulf of Mercia died at Basingwerk, Flintshire. He was buried at Winchcombe Abbey [Map]. His brother Coelwulf succeeded King Mercia, King East Anglia, King of Kent.

In 855 Edmund "The Martyr" King East Anglia was appointed King East Anglia.

Eohric King East Anglia was appointed King East Anglia.