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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.
Lichfield Cathedral
St Andrew's Church, Hartburn
Carlisle Cathedral
Tewkesbury Abbey
52 Circus Road, St John's Wood
Highgate Cemetery West
Henry Hugh Armstead 1828-1905 is in Sculptors.
On 18th June 1828 Henry Hugh Armstead was born in Bloomsbury. He trained first under his father, then at the Government School of Design at Somerset House and afterwards at private art schools. He also studied with Edward Hodges Baily (age 40).
On 9th September 1857 Henry Hugh Armstead (age 29) and Sarah Wells were married. They had three daughters and one son.
In 1872. Lichfield Cathedral [Map]. Monument to Henry Edward John Howard. Sculpted by Henry Hugh Armstead (age 43).
Henry Edward John Howard: On 14th December 1795 he was born to Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle and Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle at Castle Howard. In 1805 Henry Edward John Howard educated at Eton College [Map]. On 23rd May 1814 Henry Edward John Howard was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University. On 8th October 1868 Henry Edward John Howard died.
1873. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Hartburn [Map] to Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hollis Bradford sculpted by Henry Hugh Armstead (age 44).
On 16th January 1875 Henry Hugh Armstead (age 46) was elected Associate of the Royal Academy.
In 1879. Lichfield Cathedral [Map]. Monument to Archdeacon Moore. Sculpted by Henry Hugh Armstead (age 50).
On 18th December 1879 Henry Hugh Armstead (age 51) was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
On 18th December 1882 Dean Francis Close (age 85) died. Monument in Carlisle Cathedral [Map] sculpted by Henry Hugh Armstead (age 54).
Dean Francis Close: On 11th July 1797 he was born in Frome, Somerset [Map]. On 24th November 1856 he was appointed Dean of Carlisle.
After 1887. Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. Monument to Dinah Maria Murlock. Sculpted by Henry Hugh Armstead (age 58).
All About History Books
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.
On 4th December 1905 Henry Hugh Armstead (age 77) died at 52 Circus Road, St John's Wood [Map]. He was buried at Highgate Cemetery West in a family grave.