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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.
In 1726 Reverend John Gordon was born.
In 1755 Reverend John Gordon (age 29) was appointed Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
In 1758 Reverend John Gordon (age 32) was appointed Rector of Henstead, Suffolk which office he held for life.
On 14th June 1762 Reverend John Gordon (age 36) and Ann Dighton (age 44) were married.
Around 1763 [his son] George Gordon was born to Reverend John Gordon (age 37) and [his wife] Ann Dighton (age 45).
In 1766 Reverend John Gordon (age 40) was appointed Archdeacon of Buckingham.
In 1769 Reverend John Gordon (age 43) was appointed Archdeacon of Lincoln.
On 15th June 1781 [his wife] Ann Dighton (age 63) died. Memorial at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
Ann Dighton: Around 1718 she was born to Reverend Dighton of Newmarket. On 14th June 1762 Reverend John Gordon and she were married.
On 4th January 1793 Reverend John Gordon (age 67) died. Memorial at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].