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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.
Around 1486 John Raynsford was born to John Raynsford of Bradfield Hall in Essex and Anne Starkey (age 23).
Around 1486 [his father] John Raynsford of Bradfield Hall in Essex and [his mother] Anne Starkey (age 23) were married.
On 26th December 1488 [his mother] Anne Starkey (age 25) died.
Around 1503 John Raynsford (age 17) and Elizabeth aka Isabel Knyvet (age 15) were married.
After 3rd March 1503 [his father] John Raynsford of Bradfield Hall in Essex and Margaret Ilam (age 43) were married.
In February 1508 [his wife] Elizabeth aka Isabel Knyvet (age 20) died.
Before 24th November 1519 John Raynsford (age 33) and Winifred Pympe (age 22) were married.
In 1521 [his father] John Raynsford of Bradfield Hall in Essex died.
In 1529 John Raynsford (age 43) was elected MP Colchester.
Before 20th September 1559 John Raynsford (age 73) died. He was buried at St Katharine Cree Church on 20th September 1559.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 20th September 1559. The xx day of September was bered at sant Katheryn crechyrche ser John Raynford (age 73) knyght, of Essex, with ij [2] haroldes of armes, and a standard, pennon of armes, and a cott armur, targett, sword, helmet, mantylls, and the crest; and a v [5] dosen of skochyons of armes; and all the cowrt hangyd with blake and armes; and the qwer hangyd and the raylles with blake and armes; and parson Veron dyd pryche, and after the haroldes tok the mornars, and thay whent and offered ys helmet, and after the cot, and odur morners offered the targett, and after the sword, and after the standard and the pennon of armes; all that wyll the clarkes sang Te Deum in Englys, and contenent vj [6] of ys men putt ym in-to the graff; and when all was done all the mornars whent to the plasse to dener, for ther was boyth fles and fysse [flesh and fish] at the dener, but my [his wife] lade (age 62) was shott [shut] up all the dener wylle, tyll all was done and the pepull gone; then my lade cam, and she had iiij [4] eges [eggs] and a dysse [dish] of butter to her dener.
Note. P. 211. Funeral of sir John Raynford. Of Manningtree, Essex; see Morant, i. 464.
Before 17th October 1575 [his former wife] Winifred Pympe (age 78) died.
All About History Books
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.
John Writtle and [his mother] Anne Starkey were married.
Father: John Raynsford of Bradfield Hall in Essex
GrandFather: Humphrey Starkey of Wouldham in Kent
Mother: Anne Starkey