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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.
On 8th May 1858 John Meade Falkner was born at Manningford Bruce, Wiltshire [Map].
In 1894 John Meade Falkner (age 35) published Handbook for Travellers in Oxfordshire.
In 1895 John Meade Falkner (age 36) published his novel The Lost Stradivarius.
In 1898 John Meade Falkner (age 39) published his novel Moonfleet.
In 1899 John Meade Falkner (age 40) published History of Oxfordshire.
In 1902 John Meade Falkner (age 43) published Handbook for Berkshire.
From 1902 John Meade Falkner (age 43) lived at Divinity House (now the University Music School) on Palace Green in front of Durham Cathedral [Map].
In 1903 John Meade Falkner (age 44) published his novel The Nebuly Coat.
In 1915 John Meade Falkner (age 56) was Chairman of Armstrong Whitworth Co., one of the largest arms manufacturers in the world.
In 1921 John Meade Falkner (age 62) became Honorary Reader in paleography at the University of Durham, as well as Honorary Librarian to the Dean and Chapter Library of Durham Cathedral [Map].
In 1925 John Meade Falkner (age 66) published A History of Durham Cathedral Library, with an Additional Chapter on some Late Durham Bibliophiles, authored with H.D. Hughes.
On 22nd July 1932 John Meade Falkner (age 74) died. He was buried at St John the Baptist Church, Burford.
After 22nd July 1932. Durham Cathedral [Map]. Memorial in the South Cloister to John Meade Falkner (deceased).