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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Henry Scott Tuke is in Painters.
In 1853 [his father] Daniel Hack Tuke (age 25) and [his mother] Esther Maria Stickney (age 27) were married.
On 12th June 1858 Henry Scott Tuke was born to [his father] Daniel Hack Tuke (age 31) and [his mother] Esther Maria Stickney (age 32) at Lawrence Street, York.
1881. Henry Scott Tuke (age 22). Self-portrait.
1885. Henry Scott Tuke (age 26). "The silk gown", portrait of [his sister] Maria Tuke aka Sainsbury (age 23).
1885. Henry Scott Tuke (age 26). "All Hands to the Pumps".
On 5th March 1895 [his father] Daniel Hack Tuke (age 67) died.
1897. Henry Scott Tuke (age 38). Portrait of Ronald Leveson-Gower (age 51).
Ronald Leveson-Gower: On 2nd August 1845 he was born to George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland and Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.22%. On 9th March 1916 Ronald Leveson-Gower died.
1898. Henry Scott Tuke (age 39). Portrait of Margaret Muriel Lubbock (age 19).
Margaret Muriel Lubbock: On 3rd December 1878 she was born to Henry James Lubbock and Frances Mary Turton. On 17th July 1906 Ernest Tatham Richmond and she were married. He the son of William Blake Richmond and Clara Jane Richards. On 25th March 1959 Margaret Muriel Lubbock died.
In 1899 [his brother-in-law] Dr Harrington Sainsbury and [his sister] Maria Tuke aka Sainsbury (age 37) were married. They had four children.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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1914. Henry Scott Tuke (age 55). "Four-Masted Barque".
1914. Henry Scott Tuke (age 55). "Return from Fishing".
In 1917 [his mother] Esther Maria Stickney (age 91) died.
On 13th March 1929 Henry Scott Tuke (age 70) died at his cottage overlooking Swanpool in Falmouth, Cornwall. His sister [his sister] Maria Tuke aka Sainsbury (age 68) was present.