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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 24th February 1743 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet was born to William Banks aka Hodgkinson (age 23).
In September 1761 [his father] William Banks aka Hodgkinson (age 42) died.
On 12th July 1771 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 28) arrived back in England.
1773. Benjamin West (age 34). Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 29).
Around 1773 Joshua Reynolds (age 49). Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 29).
On 30th November 1778 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 35) was elected President of the Royal Society which position he held for forty-one years.
In March 1779 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 36) and Dorothea Hugessen were married. The lived at 32 Soho Square for the remainder of his life.
In 1781 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 37) was created 1st Baronet Banks of Revesby Abbey.
1810. Thomas Phillips (age 39). Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 66).
1810. Thomas Phillips (age 39). Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 66).
On 19th June 1820 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 77) died at Spring Grove House. Baronet Banks of Revesby Abbey extinct.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Archaeologia Volume 14 Section XXXI. Account of Roman Urns discovered in Cornwall, and of a Cromlech discovered in the Parish of Madron in the same County; in a Letter from the Rev. Malachi Hitchins to the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S, and F. S. A.
Read March 11 and 18, 1802.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Banks of Beck Hall, Giggleswick, Yorkshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Joseph Banks of Revesby Abbey, Lincolnshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Frankland of Rathmell, Yorkshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Frankland
GrandFather: Joseph Banks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reverend Rowland Hancock of Shircliffe Hall, South Yorkshire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Hancock
Father: William Banks aka Hodgkinson
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hodgkinson
GrandMother: Anne Hodgkinson