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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.

Biography of Henry Ferrers -1100

Paternal Family Tree: Ferrers

Henry Ferrers was born at Ferrières.

Before 1060 Henry Ferrers and Bertha Aigle (age 19) were married.

On 9th July 1062 [his son] Robert Ferrers 1st Earl of Derby was born to Henry Ferrers and [his wife] Bertha Aigle (age 22) at Tutbury, Staffordshire.

Around 1080 Henry Ferrers founded Tutbury Priory [Map].

Before 1096 [his son] Robert Ferrers 1st Earl of Derby (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Hawise de Vitre Countess Derby (age 26) were married.

Before 1100 Henry Ferrers was captured by Hugh Grandesmil.

Before 1100 Henry Ferrers died. He was buried at Tutbury Priory [Map].

[his son] William Ferrers was born to Henry Ferrers and Bertha Aigle.

Pilsbury [Map] is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle occupying an area of high ground around 160m by 137m overlooking the River Dove commissioned by Henry Ferrers.