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.
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In 1529 Archbishop Matthew Hutton was born to [his father] Matthew Hutton of Priest Hutton.
In 1546 Archbishop Matthew Hutton (age 17) became a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map]. He graduated BA in 1552. Became a Fellow in 1553. Graduated MA in 1555 and BD in 1562.
In 1561 Archbishop Matthew Hutton (age 32) was elected Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21st September 1561. The xxj day of September dyd pryche at the Powlles crosse [Map], master Huttun (age 32), master of Trenete colege, and mad a godly sermon- of Cambridge.
In 1562 Archbishop Matthew Hutton (age 33) was elected Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge University.
In 1606 Archbishop Matthew Hutton (age 77) died. He was buried at St Mary at Lambeth Church, Surrey [Map].