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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Pollock
Before 23rd September 1783 [his father] David Pollock of Charing Cross and [his mother] Sarah Parsons were married.
On 23rd September 1783 Johnathan Frederick Pollock 1st Baronet was born to David Pollock of Charing Cross and Sarah Parsons.
On 25th May 1813 Johnathan Frederick Pollock 1st Baronet (age 29) and Frances Rivers were married. They had twelve children together.
On 13th April 1815 [his son] William Frederick Pollock 2nd Baronet was born to Johnathan Frederick Pollock 1st Baronet (age 31) and [his wife] Frances Rivers.
On 12th January 1827 [his son] Major-General Frederick Richard Pollock was born to Johnathan Frederick Pollock 1st Baronet (age 43) and [his wife] Frances Rivers.
On 25th January 1827 [his wife] Frances Rivers died.
On 7th January 1834 Johnathan Frederick Pollock 1st Baronet (age 50) and Sarah Anne Anowah Langslow Lady Pollock were married. They had twelve children together bring his total to twenty-four.
On 29th December 1834 Johnathan Frederick Pollock 1st Baronet (age 51) was knighted.
On 30th March 1844 [his son] William Frederick Pollock 2nd Baronet (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Juliet Creed were married.
The London Gazette 23143. Whitehall, July 21, 1866.
The Queen (age 47) has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Sir Frederick Pollock (age 82), of Hatton, in the county of Middlesex, Knt., late Chief Baron of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Henry Edwards (age 54), of Pyenest, in the West Riding of the county of York, Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. [[his wife] Sarah Anne Anowah Langslow Lady Pollock by marriage Lady Edwards of Pyenest in West Yorkshire.]
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto William Williams (age 74), of Tregullow, in the county of Cornwall, Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
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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 28th August 1870 Johnathan Frederick Pollock 1st Baronet (age 86) died. His son [his son] William (age 55) succeeded 2nd Baronet Pollock of Hatton in Middlesex.
On 1st April 1895 [his former wife] Sarah Anne Anowah Langslow Lady Pollock died.