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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: Byng
In 1735 George Byng was born to Robert Byng (age 32).
In 1740 [his father] Robert Byng (age 37) died.
On 5th March 1761 George Byng (age 26) and Anne Conolly were married.
On 17th May 1764 [his son] George Byng was born to George Byng (age 29) and [his wife] Anne Conolly.
In 1768 George Byng (age 33) was elected MP Wigan.
In 1772 [his son] John Byng 1st Earl Strafford was born to George Byng (age 37) and [his wife] Anne Conolly.
In 1774 George Byng (age 39) was elected MP Wigan.
In 1780 George Byng (age 45) was elected MP Middlesex.
On 27th October 1789 George Byng (age 54) died.
GrandFather: George Byng 1st Viscount Torrington
Father: Robert Byng