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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Bickersteth
On 25th January 1825 Bishop Edward Bickersteth was born to Edward Bickersteth (age 38).
On 24th February 1848 Bishop Edward Bickersteth (age 23) and Rosa Bignold (age 22) were married.
On 28th February 1850 [his father] Edward Bickersteth (age 63) died.
On 2nd August 1873 [his wife] Rosa Bignold (age 47) died.
On 1st February 1876 Bishop Edward Bickersteth (age 51) and Ellen Susanna Bickersteth (age 45) were married. They were first cousins.
In 1885 Bishop Edward Bickersteth (age 59) was appointed Dean of Gloucester.
In 1885 Bishop Edward Bickersteth (age 59) was appointed Bishop of Exeter.
1899. Arthur Stockdale Cope (age 41). Portrait of Bishop Edward Bickersteth (age 73).
On 16th May 1906 Bishop Edward Bickersteth (age 81) died.
On 22nd October 1917 [his former wife] Ellen Susanna Bickersteth (age 87) died.
GrandFather: Henry Bickersteth
Father: Edward Bickersteth