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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 12th August 1899 [his father] Harold St George Gray (age 27) and [his mother] Florence Harriet Young (age 24) were married at St Mary's Church, Motcombe. The witnesses were her sister Elizabeth, and the bride and groom's fathers.
On or before 10th February 1901, the date he was baptised at St Mary's Church, Iffley, Lionel St George Gray was born to Harold St George Gray (age 29) and Florence Harriet Young (age 25).
1911. Census. [his father] Harold St George Gray (age 38), [his mother] Florence Harriet Young (age 35) and Lionel St George Gray (age 9) at Castle House, Taunton.
Keiller Collection Photos. May 1911. Two figures, thought to be [his father] Harold Gray's (age 39) wife [his mother] Florence (age 35) and their son Lionel (age 10), with two stones of Avebury's Northern Inner Circle.
Avebury North Circle Cove [Map]. 13th May 1911. Photograph by [his father] Harold St George Gray (age 39) of (presumably) his wife [his mother] Florence (age 35) and their son Lionel (age 10).
Keiller Collection Photos. April 1914. A photo of Avebury's bank and ditch. The figures on the bank are thought to be [his father] Harold Gray's (age 42) wife [his mother] Florence Harriet Young (age 38) and their son Lionel St George Gray (age 13).
Archaeologia Volume 84 1935 Section VI. 28th April 1914. Plate XXXI. Fig. 2. The E. and SE. earthworks at Avebury, looking NE. With [his mother] Florence Harriet Young (age 38) and Lionel St George Gray (age 13).
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.
In July 1923 Lionel St George Gray (age 22) died.