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 1763 Charles Henry Hall was born to [his father] Charles Hall of Bocking in Essex (age 45).
In 1774 [his father] Charles Hall of Bocking in Essex (age 56) died.
In 1775 Charles Henry Hall (age 12) was admitted to Westminster School [Map].
On 3rd June 1779 Charles Henry Hall (age 16) matriculated Christ Church College, Oxford University.
In 1781 Charles Henry Hall (age 18) won the chancellor's prize for Latin verse on Strages Indica Occidentalis
In 1783 Charles Henry Hall (age 20) was awarded Bachelor of Arts.
In 1784 Charles Henry Hall (age 21) won the chancellor's prize for the English essay on The Use of Medals.
In 1786 Charles Henry Hall (age 23) was awarded Master of Arts.
In 1794 Charles Henry Hall (age 31) and Anna Maria Bridget Byng (age 23) were married.
In 1794 Charles Henry Hall (age 31) was presented by his college to the vicarage of Broughton-in-Airedale, Yorkshire.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1794 Charles Henry Hall (age 31) was awarded Bachelor of Divinity.
In 1798 Charles Henry Hall (age 35) was appointed Bampton lecturer and Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral.
In June 1799 Charles Henry Hall (age 36) became rector of Kirk Bramwith, Yorkshire
On 30th November 1799 Charles Henry Hall (age 36) was appointed Prebendary of the second stall of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford [Map].
In 1800 Charles Henry Hall (age 37) was awarded Doctor of Divinity.
In 1800 Charles Henry Hall (age 37)
In 1805 Charles Henry Hall (age 42) was appointed sub-Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford [Map].
In 1807 Charles Henry Hall (age 44) was appointed Vicar of Luton in Bedfordshire which position he held for life.
In February 1807 Charles Henry Hall (age 44) was elected Regius Professor of Divinity, and moved to the fifth stall in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford [Map].
In October 1809 Charles Henry Hall (age 46) was elected Dean of Christ Church Cathedral.
On 26th February 1824 Charles Henry Hall (age 61) was installed as Dean of Durham.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Before 1827. Gilbert Stuart Newton (age 31). Portrait of Charles Henry Hall (age 63).
In 1827 Charles Henry Hall (age 64) died.
After 1827. Durham Cathedral [Map]. Memorials to Charles Henry Hall (deceased).
In 1852 [his former wife] Anna Maria Bridget Byng (age 81) died.