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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 November 1778 Salusbury Pryce Davenport was born at Rectory, Clungunford.
In March 1805 Salusbury Pryce Davenport (age 26) and Jane Elizabeth Morin were married.
In September 1808 [his wife] Jane Elizabeth Morin died.
On 31st May 1810 Salusbury Pryce Davenport (age 31) and Maria Davenport (age 25) were married.
On 15th September 1811 [his son] William Davenport Davenport was born to Salusbury Pryce Davenport (age 32) and [his wife] Maria Davenport (age 26).
On 14th November 1833 [his son] William Davenport Davenport (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Camilla Maria Gott (age 15) were married at Malta.
In 1835 Salusbury Pryce Davenport (age 56) was knighted.
On 4th May 1838 Salusbury Pryce Davenport (age 59) changed his name by Royal License.
On 17th November 1845 Salusbury Pryce Davenport (age 66) died at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He was buried at Leckhampton Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
On 1st December 1866 [his former wife] Maria Davenport (age 81) died.