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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.

Biography of John Smart 1741-1811

On 1st May 1741 John Smart was born.

1788. John Smart (age 46). Miniature of Ann Chase née Rand, 1759-1837.

1788. John Smart (age 46). Miniature of "Peniston Lamb (age 17)".

Peniston Lamb: On 3rd May 1770 he was born to Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne and Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne. In 1793 Peniston Lamb was elected MP Newport, Isle of Wight which seat he held util 1796. In 1802 Peniston Lamb was elected MP Hertfordshire which seat he held until his death in 1805. On 24th January 1805 Peniston Lamb died of tuberculosis unmarried.

1796. John Smart (age 54). Miniature portrait of Emily Baring Lady Young (age 20), in her wedding dress. Signed with initials and dated JS / 1796

Emily Baring Lady Young: On 29th August 1775 she was born to Charles Baring and Margaret Gould. On 29th April 1796 Samuel Young 1st Baronet and she were married. On 13th December 1847 Emily Baring Lady Young died.

On 1st May 1811 John Smart (age 70) died.