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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.
Before 1823 [his father] Robert Surtees of Redworth Hall (age 40) and [his mother] Elizabeth Cookson (age 39) were married.
On 13th November 1823 Colonel Charles Freville Surtees was born to Robert Surtees of Redworth Hall (age 41) and Elizabeth Cookson (age 40).
In 1845 Colonel Charles Freville Surtees (age 21) was appointed Lieutenant of the 10th Royal Hussars.
In 1847 [his mother] Elizabeth Cookson (age 64) died.
In 1847 Colonel Charles Freville Surtees (age 23) was appointed Captain of the 10th Royal Hussars.
On 25th August 1855 Colonel Charles Freville Surtees (age 31) and Bertha Chauncey (age 22) were married.
In 1857 [his father] Robert Surtees of Redworth Hall (age 75) died.
On 13th January 1858 [his son] Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees was born to Colonel Charles Freville Surtees (age 34) and [his wife] Bertha Chauncey (age 25).
In 1865 Colonel Charles Freville Surtees (age 41) was elected MP South Durham.
In 1873 Colonel Charles Freville Surtees (age 49) was appointed High Sheriff of Durham.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1873 Colonel Charles Freville Surtees (age 49) was appointed Colonel of the 3rd Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry.
On 5th November 1882 [his wife] Bertha Chauncey (age 49) died.
In 1887 [his son] Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Madeline Augusta Crabbe were married.
On 22nd December 1906 Colonel Charles Freville Surtees (age 83) died at the Charing Cross Hotel.
On 27th December 1906 the funeral of Colonel Charles Freville Surtees (deceased) was held at Long Ditton, Surrey attended by Countess Walburga Ehrengarde Helena von Hohenthal (age 67), [his son] Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees (age 48),
GrandFather: Lieutenant Crosier Surtees
Father: Robert Surtees of Redworth Hall
GrandMother: Jane Surtees
Colonel Charles Freville Surtees
Mother: Elizabeth Cookson