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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.
John Thomas Blight 1835-1911 is in Antiquaries.
On 27th October 1835 John Thomas Blight was born.
Ancient Crosses and Other Antiquities in the West of Cornwall. Ancient Crosses and Other Antiquities in the West of Cornwall Drawn and Engraved by J. T. Blight (age 20). 1856.
Around 1865 John Thomas Blight (age 29) had a mental breakdown and was incarcerated for the remainder of his life in Bodmin Mental Asylum.
Nænia Cornubiæ by William Borlase Introductory Preface. To the labours of Mr. J. T. Blight (age 36), F.S.A., he owes a considerable debt of gratitude; nor must he forget to bear testimony to the excellent manner in which his brother, Mr. Joseph Blight, has carried out the important share of the work (viz., the wood engravings,) allotted to him.
On 23rd January 1911 John Thomas Blight (age 75) died.