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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.
Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society Volume 59 Part 1 Page 39 is in Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society Volume 59.
Afterwards the party, now much increased by the arrival of many visitors, ascended Cadbury Camp [Map] by the best means of approach from the N.E. side. Having assembled on the southern slope just below the highest part of the interior of the Camp, where a fine view of Sutton Montis, Paddock Hill, and the country beyond was obtained, the members listened intently to an interesting address by Mr. H. St. George Gray on the Camp and its immediate surroundings. At the end he described the results of the trial-excavations which he had recently conducted on behalf of the Society, the cost of which had been borne by Mr. A. L. Langman and Mr. Henry Hobhouse, and by small amounts contributed by several mem bers of the Society. The substance of Mr. Gray's remarks, with illustrations, will appear as a paper in Part II of this volume.
Professor Boyd Dawkins and Canon Church made a few remarks at the conclusion, and thanked Mr. Gray for his description of this remarkable fortress. The members having viewed the excavations (the two most important cuttings having been left open and railed round), they walked round the earthworks from S.W. to N.E., stopping at Queen Anne's Wishing Well and King Arthur's Well en route.