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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 aka John Wilson Carmichael 1800-1868 is in Painters.
On 9th June 1800 James aka John Wilson Carmichael was born to William Carmichael. His father was a ship's carpenter.
Before 28th February 1833 James aka John Wilson Carmichael (age 32) and Mary Sweet (age 28) were married.
1847. James aka John Wilson Carmichael (age 46). "HMS Erebus and Terror in the Antarctic".
1851. James aka John Wilson Carmichael (age 50). "The Irwin Lighthouse, Storm Raging".
Before 1st June 1856 [his son-in-law] Gustave Schmalz and [his daughter] Margaret Carmichael were married. She the daughter of James aka John Wilson Carmichael (age 55) and [his wife] Mary Sweet (age 52).
1858. James aka John Wilson Carmichael (age 57). "Off the Dutch Coast".
On 2nd May 1868 James aka John Wilson Carmichael (age 67) died.
In January 1879 [his former wife] Mary Sweet (age 74) died.
[his daughter] Margaret Carmichael was born to James aka John Wilson Carmichael and Mary Sweet.