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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.
In 1858 [her father] Joseph John Armitage and [her mother] Hannah Fenton were married. They had five children.
On 21st March 1863 Emily Fenton Armitage was born to Joseph John Armitage and Hannah Fenton.
In 1894 James Arthur Hutton and Emily Fenton Armitage (age 30) were married.
Before March 1918 Emily Fenton Armitage (age 54) was commandant of Brookdale Hospital. In the 4 years Brookdale had been running it had treated 1817 patients (only one man died) and by the end it had 73 beds in operation. Some open air wards proved to be an asset.
In March 1918 Emily Fenton Armitage (age 54) was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
On 9th February 1919 Emily Fenton Armitage (age 55) died. Her funeral at St Philip's Church, Alderley Edge was attended by both the Vicar and the Rector of Alderley, the Rev. C Welland after which her remains were buried at St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley [Map].
After March 1919. Grave of Emily Fenton Armitage (deceased) in the Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley [Map].
