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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.

Biography of Archbishop John Moore 1730-1805

On 26th April 1730 Archbishop John Moore was born.

On 21st September 1761 Archbishop John Moore (age 31) was preferred to the fifth prebendal stall at Durham Cathedral [Map].

In April 1763 Archbishop John Moore (age 32) was preferred to a canonry at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford [Map].

On 29th April 1763 Archbishop John Moore (age 33) and Jane Wright (age 27) were married at St Swithin's Church, Walcot St Swithin.

Around 1765 [his wife] Jane Wright (age 29) died.

On 23rd January 1770 Archbishop John Moore (age 39) and Catherine Eden (age 28) were married.

On 19th September 1771 Archbishop John Moore (age 41) was appointed Dean of Canterbury.

On 10th February 1775 Archbishop John Moore (age 44) was appointed Bishop of Bangor.

All About History Books

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.

On 26th April 1783 Archbishop John Moore (age 53) was preferred Archbishop of Canterbury.

On 3rd June 1796 George Wright 2nd Baronet (age 26) and Rebecca Maclane were married. His uncle-in-law Archbishop John Moore (age 66) officiated.

On 18th January 1805 Archbishop John Moore (age 74) died at Lambeth Palace [Map]. He was buried at St Mary at Lambeth Church, Surrey [Map].

In 1818 [his former wife] Catherine Eden (age 76) died. She was buried at St Mary at Lambeth Church, Surrey [Map].