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 April 1763 [his father] Andrew Snape Hamond 1st Baronet [aged 24] and Cecilia Sutherland were married.
On 8th March 1779 [his father] Andrew Snape Hamond 1st Baronet [aged 40] and [his mother] Anne Graeme Lady Hamond were married.
On 30th December 1779 Graham Hamond 2nd Baronet was born to Andrew Snape Hamond 1st Baronet [aged 41] and Anne Graeme Lady Hamond.
On 18th December 1783 [his father] Andrew Snape Hamond 1st Baronet [aged 45] was created 1st Baronet Hamond of Holly Grove in Berkshire with a special remainder to his nephew, Captain Andrew Snape Douglas. [his mother] Anne Graeme Lady Hamond by marriage Graham Hamond 2nd Baronet [aged 3].
The Battle of Copenhagen was fought on 2nd April 1801 was a naval battle in which a British fleet fought and defeated a smaller force of the Dano–Norwegian Navy anchored near Copenhagen.
Graham Hamond 2nd Baronet [aged 21] commanded the fifth-rate HMS Blanche.
On 5th October 1804 Graham Hamond 2nd Baronet [aged 24] took part in an action when three Spanish frigates laden with treasure were captured. He was then given command of the third-rate HMS Victorious and took part in the attack on Flushing during the disastrous Walcheren Campaign.
In December 1806 Graham Hamond 2nd Baronet [aged 26] and Elizabeth Kimber Lady Hamond were married.
On 3rd October 1811 [his son] Andrew Snape Hamond-Graeme 3rd Baronet was born to Graham Hamond 2nd Baronet [aged 31] and [his wife] Elizabeth Kimber Lady Hamond.
On 7th September 1838 [his mother] Anne Graeme Lady Hamond died.
On 12th October 1838 [his father] Andrew Snape Hamond 1st Baronet [aged 99] died. His son Graham [aged 58] succeeded 2nd Baronet Hamond of Holly Grove in Berkshire. [his wife] Elizabeth Kimber Lady Hamond by marriage Lady Hamond of Holly Grove in Berkshire.
On 8th September 1842 [his son-in-law] Francis Grosvenor Hood [aged 33] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Jane Hamond were married. They were first cousins.
On 20th December 1862 Graham Hamond 2nd Baronet [aged 82] died. His son Andrew [aged 51] succeeded 3rd Baronet Hamond of Holly Grove in Berkshire.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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On 24th December 1872 [his former wife] Elizabeth Kimber Lady Hamond died.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Jane Hamond was born to Graham Hamond 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Kimber Lady Hamond. She married 8th September 1842 her first cousin Francis Grosvenor Hood.
GrandFather: Major Henry Graeme
Mother: Anne Graeme Lady Hamond