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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.
Chronicle of Greyfriars 1539 is in Chronicle of Greyfriars.
3rd March 1539. Also the 3rd day of March was beheaded at Tower-hill [Map] Sir Nicholas Carew (age 43).
8th May 1539. And the 8th day of May was the gret muster in London, that all London musterd in harness, morys pikes, harquebus, hand guns, and white coats, with the mayer, sheriffs, and diverse aldermen.
9th July 1539. Also the 9th day of July was beheaded at Tower-hill [Map] Master Fortescue (age 63) and Master [Thomas] Dingley knights; and that same day was drawn to Tyburn two of their servants and there hanged and quartered for treason.
27th December 1539. This yere the 27th day of December came in lady Anne of Cleves (age 24) into England, ...