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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.
James Northcote 1746-1831 is in Painters.
On 22nd October 1746 James Northcote was born to Samuel Northcote Watchmaker in Plymouth, Devon [Map].
1778. James Northcote (age 31). Portrait of Henry Fuseli (age 36).
1784. James Northcote (age 37). Self-Portrait.
1784. James Northcote (age 37). Portrait of Admiral Samuel Hood 1st Viscount Hood (age 59).
Around 1785. James Northcote (age 38). Portrait of Joshua Reynolds (age 61).
1802. James Northcote (age 55). Portrait of William Godwin (age 45).
1803. James Northcote (age 56). Portrait of Elizabeth Ann Unwin (age 39) aka Mrs Smith Barwell.
Elizabeth Ann Unwin: Around 1764 he was born to James Unwin and Frances Wheeler.
Before 20th August 1825. James Northcote (age 78). Portrait of William Waldegrave 1st Baron Radstock (age 72).
William Waldegrave 1st Baron Radstock: On 9th July 1753 he was born to John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave and Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave. He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. In 1800 William Waldegrave 1st Baron Radstock was created 1st Baron Radstock of Castletown in the Queen's County. On 20th August 1825 William Waldegrave 1st Baron Radstock died. His son Granville succeeded 2nd Baron Radstock of Castletown in the Queen's County.
On 13th July 1831 James Northcote (age 84) died.