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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.
Arthur Porter was elected MP Aylesbury.
Around 1505 Arthur Porter was born to Roger Porter.
In 1531 John Berkeley (age 25) and [his future wife] Isabel Denys (age 22) were married. They were sixth cousins.
In 1542 Llanthony Priory [Map] was given to Arthur Porter (age 37) during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
After 28th June 1545 Arthur Porter (age 40) and Isabel Denys (age 37) were married.
In November 1554 Arthur Porter (age 49) was elected MP Gloucestershire.
In 1555 Henry Lygon (age 41) and [his step-daughter] Elizabeth Berkeley (age 27) were married.
In 1555 Arthur Porter (age 50) was elected MP City of Gloucestershire.
On 31st May 1559 Arthur Porter (age 54) died.