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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.
Joanna Mary Boyce 1831-1861 is in Painters.
On 7th December 1831 Joanna Mary Boyce was born to George Boyce.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1851. 27th May 1851. To Great Exhibition for first time. The aerial effect of the same enhanced by the rich and brilliant colours of the various fabrics suspended about was more bewitching than I expected accompanied my sisters Ann and Joanna (age 19) to R. Italian Opera—Beethoven's "Fidelio," the grandest piece of music I had ever heard.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1851. 7th December 1851. Mother grieved me much by assuring me that Tom Hake had behaved far more cruelly towards Joanna (age 20) than I thought or can think possible. She thinks that he has gone so far as to kiss her. Hitherto I have always considered the great attention I have seen him pay to some girls to arrive from natural weakness and thoughtlessness, and I have told him as much. But this fact is without excuse, and most unfeeling. I fear he lets his feelings carry him away so far as to be unable to retreat without wounding the other party. I hope, however, I do not think that Joanna thinks about him and dwells upon his conduct much now.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1851. 30th December 1851. Called for John Seddon (age 24) at 10 0'clock, who accompanied me to St. Paul's Cathedral to witness Turner's (deceased) funeral. We first looked over the Cathedral and criticised the wretched taste of the greater part of the monuments, one by Behnes (age 56) seemed to be almost the only one that was simple, grand, and characteristic. The mourners, consisting of the Members of the Royal Academy and manv personal friends, alighted at the west entrance and advanced slowly to the choir preceded by the choristers, etc. Seddon and I obtained a central place in the choir, close to the coffn. The beautiful and awe-striking service for the dead was then gone through, its influence being much augmented by the sublimity of the scene. The body was then conveyed into the vaults, followed by the mourners. Father, who had brought Joanna (age 20), bought a ticket which admitted us all three into the vaults. I remained to see the stone rolled over him and to assist in adjusting the same—they first threw a basket full of human bones on and beside the coffn before rolling the stone over it. It was placed between the resting places of James Barry, the painter (next to which was that of Sir Joshua Reynolds), and Constantia, the great grand-daughter of Sir Christopher Wren, next to the tomb of Sir Christopher himself.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1852. 9th June 1852. Went with Joanna (age 20) to an evening party at McArthur's. Mrs. and Helen Field were there; the former, as usual, behaved very distantly and rudely to me, saying goodnight to Helen and Joanna and not noticing me who sat by them. Fortunately she left before supper appeared, and I had some very pleasant chat with Helen who is as prettv, artless, and winning as ever; and with none of her mother's low-bred pride. Recommended Ruskin's "Modern Painters" to Helen's reading.
On 20th September 1853 [her father] George Boyce died.
1855. Joanna Mary Boyce (age 23). "Elgiva". Ruskin (age 35) described the work in the following way: ‘As we watch the face for a little time, the slight arch of the lip seems to begin to quiver, and the eyes fill with ineffable sadness and on-look of despair', which is a tad florid, as she could be trying to remember if she locked the back door or not. The canvas was bought by her brother and it has remained in the family ever since.
1857 to 1861. Joanna Mary Boyce (age 25). "The Departure: An Episode of the Child's Crusade 13th Century".
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1855-1857. 7th December 1857. Joanna's (age 26) birthday, and the day [her future husband] Wells (age 28) and she desired to be married on, but in all probability they will not get the deed in time at Rome, where they now are? I call for all happiness and prosperity in store for them.
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The 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." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 9th December 1857 Henry Tanworth Wells (age 28) and Joanna Mary Boyce (age 26) were married.
1860. Joanna Mary Boyce (age 28). "Shanklin, Isle of Wight".
1861. Joanna Mary Boyce (age 29). "A Bird of God". Her last painting which was on her easel when she died.
1861. Joanna Mary Boyce (age 29). Portrait of "Mrs. Eaton (age 25)".
On 15th July 1861 Joanna Mary Boyce (age 29) died from childbirth shortly after the birth of her third child.
1862. Joanna Mary Boyce. "Family of the Artist".
On 16th January 1903 [her former husband] Henry Tanworth Wells (age 74) died.