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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 or before 1397 Roger Thornton and Agnes Wauton were married. They had seven sons and seven daughters.
In 1399 Roger Thornton was elected MP Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1400 Roger Thornton was elected Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1402 Roger Thornton was elected Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne and was re-elected the following three years.
In 1411 Roger Thornton was elected MP Newcastle upon Tyne.
On 24th November 1411 [his wife] Agnes Wauton died. Monumental brass at the Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map].
Agnes Wauton: In or before 1397 Roger Thornton and she were married. They had seven sons and seven daughters.
In 1416 Roger Thornton was elected Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1417 Roger Thornton was elected MP Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1419 Roger Thornton was elected MP Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1423 Roger Thornton was elected Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne and re-elected the following year.
On 3rd January 1430 Roger Thornton died. Monumental brass at the Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map].
