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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.
Finlaggan, Islay
Hylton Castle, County Durham
Tockenham, Wiltshire
Lambeth Palace
Stangate
Winterbourne Gunner, Wiltshire
Time Team Series 2 is in Time Team Episodes.
Books, Modern Era, TV Programmes, Time Team Episodes, Time Team Series 2 Episode 1: Lord of the Isles
Time Team Series 2 Episode 1: Lord of the Isles was filmed between 24th June 1994 and 26th June 1994 was filmed. It was originally shown on 8th January 1995.
Location: Finlaggan, Islay [Map]
Category: Time Team Prehistory, Time Team Early Medieval.
The Time Team:
Tony Robinson (age 48), Presenter
Mick Aston (age 48), Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis (age 31), Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
Phil Harding (age 44), Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Robin Bush (age 51), Archivist
Victor Ambrus (age 59), Historical Illustrator
John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics
Stewart Ainsworth (age 43), Landscape Archaeologist
David Caldwell, Director of Excavations
Kate Bonner, Excavation Team
Sally Ann Chandler, Period Clothing Expert
Donald Macfadian, Finlaggan Trust
Simon Mears, GPS System
Historical Figures: King Somerled of Argyll
Sources: Chronicle of Man and the Isles, A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland by Martin Martin, A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland by Martin Martin.
Outcomes: Partly complete Glass Bead, Replica aketon, possible mesolithic site, possibly stone rows aligned to Paps of Jura.
Books, Modern Era, TV Programmes, Time Team Episodes, Time Team Series 2 Episode 2: Medieval Dining Hall
Time Team Series 2 Episode 2: Medieval Dining Hall was filmed between 10th June 1994 and 12th June 1994. It was originally shown on 15th January 1995.
Location: Hylton Castle, County Durham [Map].
Category: Time Team Late Medieval.
Mick Aston (age 48), Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis (age 31), Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
Phil Harding (age 44), Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Robin Bush (age 51), Archivist
Victor Ambrus (age 59), Historical Illustrator
Susan Ord, Denny Wilson, Community Representatives
John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics
Stewart Ainsworth (age 43), Bernard, Landscape Archaeologist
Steve Speke, Local Archaeologist
Beric Morley, English Heritage Medieval Buildings Expert
Mark Horton, Bristol University
Rob Bell, Garden Archaeological Consultant
Graciela Ainsworth, Conservationist
White Company
Eric Little, Castle Guide
Sources. English Heritage Managed, St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth [Map] Effigy of William Hylton 4th Baron Hylton.
Historical Figures. William Hylton 4th Baron Hylton.
Outcomes. Early 15th Century Flemish floor tiles, stone roofing tiles, conserved stag on building and Hylton Achievement of Arms, Silver Coin, plan of site, 3D model of site. Later buildings around 1600 with gardens.
Books, Modern Era, TV Programmes, Time Team Episodes, Time Team Series 2 Episode 3: The Lost Villa
Time Team Series 2 Episode 3: The Lost Villa was filmed between 6th May 1994 and 8th May 1994. It was originally shown on 22nd January 1995.
Location: Tockenham, Wiltshire [Map].
Category: Time Team Early Medieval.
The Time Team:
Tony Robinson (age 48), Presenter
Mick Aston (age 48), Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis (age 31), Field Archaeologist
Phil Harding (age 44), Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Robin Bush (age 51), Archivist
Victor Ambrus (age 59), Historical Illustrator
Stewart Ainsworth (age 43), Landscape Archaeologist
Dr Mike Allen, Environmental Archaeologist
John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics
Martin Henig, Oxford University
Bryn Walters, Romano-British Archaeologist
Roy Canham, County Archaeologist
Mark Horton, Digger
Louise Shenstone, Mosaic Artist
Amanda Chadburn, English Heritage
Techniques: Coring, Resistivity, Field Walking
Sources: Pevsner who suggests the Roman Figure in the church wall is Asclepius, Plato's Phaedo 118a, Sites and Monuments Record, Tockenham Tithe Map 1866 on linen, 1764 Estate Map.
Outcomes: Martin Henig determines Roman Statue is a Genius; an individual instance of a general divine nature that is present in every individual person, place, or thing like a guardian angel. And Roman Fountain Head in the form of a fish; the finest work of art in Roman Britain. Geophyics identified Roman Villa; Provincial Governors Palace? Carbonised processed grain from Environmental Archaeology. Hypocaust tiles. Saxon pot. Roman Painted Plaster. Roman bowl, glass, mosaic. Monument scheduled.
Books, Modern Era, TV Programmes, Time Team Episodes, Time Team Series 2 Episode 4: The Archbishop's Back Garden
Time Team Series 2 Episode 4: The Archbishop's Back Garden was filmed between 8th July 1994 and 10th July 1994. It was originally shown on 29th January 1995.
Location: Lambeth Palace [Map], London.
Tony Robinson (age 48), Presenter
Mick Aston (age 48), Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis (age 31), Field Archaeologist
Phil Harding (age 45), Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Robin Bush (age 51), Archivist
Victor Ambrus (age 59), Historical Illustrator
John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics
Jane Sidell, Museum of London Archaeologist
Stewart Ainsworth (age 43), Landscape Archaeologist
Harvey Sheldon, Authority on Roman London
Gustav Milne, Institue of Archaeology
Hedley Swain, Field Archaeologist
London Fire Brigade Boat
Sources: Excavations of Bernard Davis in the 1930s, Cassius Dio Book 60 Sections 20 and 21, 1562 Map of London showing Horseferry Stairs and Stangate Stairs, Registers of the Archbishops of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace Library, 1746 Map of Lambeth Palace Gardens, John Rokes 18th Century Map of London
Techniques: Core Samples, Excavation, a string with a brick to determine rievr depth
Outcomes: Piece of a Mortarium, Reconstructed Roman Road, Garden features in the Palace, Roman River Level was lower by a couple of feet, Causeway on lower side of Westminster Bridge, Peer walked across 1950s1, location of Stangate Stairs.
Note 1. The New York Times 26th March 2002. Lord Noel-Buxton waded about half-way across the river and had to swim the rest.
Books, Modern Era, TV Programmes, Time Team Episodes, Time Team Series 2 Episode 5: The Saxon Graves
Time Team Series 2 Episode 5: The Saxon Graves was filmed between 24th June 1994 and 26th June 1994. It was originally shown on 5th February 1995.
Location: Winterbourne Gunner, Wiltshire [Map]
Category: Time Team Prehistory, Time Team Early Medieval.
The Time Team:
Tony Robinson (age 48), Presenter
Mick Aston (age 48), Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis (age 31), Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
Phil Harding (age 45), Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Robin Bush (age 51), Archivist
Victor Ambrus (age 59), Historical Illustrator
Stewart Ainsworth (age 43), Landscape Archaeologist
Helena Cave-Penney, Assistant County Archaeologist
Ivor Lawton, Saxon Blacksmithing
Margaret Cox, Pathologist
Meg Brooks, Conservationist
Peter Cox, Local Archaeologist
Mick the Dig, Excavator
Sources: Gildas Section 23, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 519, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Battle of Salisbury 552
Outcomes: Saxons Graves including lady with decorated brooch and amber bead, child, decorated iron pin, Bronze Age Inverted Urn with Cremation, Reconstructed Saxon Knife, Ring Ditches, Pond Barrow