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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 9th February 1716 Mary Reynolds was born to Samuel Reynolds.
In 1740 Mary Reynolds (age 23) paid half of the £120 for her [her brother] brother's (age 16) education by Thomas Hudson (age 39).
In 1749 Mary Reynolds (age 32) paid for her [her brother] brother's (age 25) travel to Italy.
In 1750 [her daughter] Mary Palmer Marchioness Thomond was born to John Palmer of Palmer House Great Torrington Devon and Mary Reynolds (age 33).
Around 1780. [her brother] Joshua Reynolds (age 56). Portrait of his sister Mary Reynolds (age 63).
On 25th July 1792 [her son-in-law] Murrough O'Brien 1st Marquess Thomond (age 66) and [her daughter] Mary Palmer Marchioness Thomond (age 42) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years.
On 27th May 1794 Mary Reynolds (age 78) died.
John Palmer of Palmer House Great Torrington Devon and Mary Reynolds were married.