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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Godfrey Bingley is in Photographers.
On 3rd July 1842 Godfrey Bingley was born.
August 1887. Godfrey Bingley [aged 45]. The Devil's Arrow's [Map].
12th April 1892. National Photographic Record and Survey; Mr Godfrey Bingley [aged 49]. Historic Stonehenge.
25th July 1894. Godfrey Bingley [aged 52]. Micklegate Bar, York [Map].
27th April 1896. Godfrey Bingley [aged 53]. Whitby Abbey [Map]. Photograph of the view from the Choir of St. Hilda's Abbey, Whitby, North Yorkshire.
August 1896. Godfrey Bingley [aged 54]. Caister Castle, Norfolk [Map].
August 1896. Godfrey Bingley [aged 54]. Maen y bardd Burial Chamber [Map].
1st May 1897. Godfrey Bingley [aged 54]. Bolton Castle [Map].
18th July 1899. Godfrey Bingley [aged 57]. Caerlaverock Castle [Map].
18th July 1899. Godfrey Bingley [aged 57]. Raglan Castle [Map].
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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18th July 1899. Godfrey Bingley [aged 57]. Monnow Bridge, Monmouth [Map].
14th February 1906. Godfrey Bingley [aged 63]. Bootham Bar, York.
21st May 1906. Godfrey Bingley [aged 63]. Photographs of Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire [Map].
18th July 1907. Godfrey Bingley [aged 65]. Ludlow Castle [Map].
23rd July 1907. Godfrey Bingley [aged 65]. Wenlock Priory, Shropshire [Map].
23rd July 1907. Godfrey Bingley [aged 65]. Stokesay Castle, Shropshire [Map].
In 1927 Godfrey Bingley [aged 84] died.