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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.
Thomas Barber 1771-1843 is in Painters.
In 1771 Thomas Barber was born.
Around 1809 Thomas Barber (age 38). Portrait of Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville (age 23).
Around 1814 Thomas Barber (age 43). Portrait of Catherine Susan Gordon Baroness Chesham (age 22).
Catherine Susan Gordon Baroness Chesham: In 1792 she was born to George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly and Catherine Anne Cope. In 1814 Charles Compton Cavendish 1st Baron Chesham and she were married. She the daughter of George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly and Catherine Anne Cope. He the son of George Augustus Henry Cavendish 1st Earl Burlington and Elizabeth Compton Countess Burlington. They were fifth cousin once removed. In 1858 Charles Compton Cavendish 1st Baron Chesham was created 1st Baron Chesham. She by marriage Baroness Chesham. In 1866 Catherine Susan Gordon Baroness Chesham died.
Around 1815 Thomas Barber (age 44). Portrait of Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden (age 18).
Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden: On 3rd October 1796 she was born to Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson. In 1819 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery and she were married. She by marriage Countess Camden. He the son of Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery and Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery. On 19th August 1882 Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden died.
Around 1815 Thomas Barber (age 44). Portrait of Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 35).
On 10th August 1826 Cornelius Smelt (age 78) attended a meeting at the George Inn, Castletown, there being present some of the highest officials then residing in Castletown, Chairman of the meeting being Colonel Mark Wilks. At the meeting a resolution was passed to commission a portrait of Governor Smelt by Thomas Barber (age 55). The portrait was purchased by Captain Caesar Bacon, husband of Smelt's daughter, and was placed in his home at Seafield, Santon. The portrait stayed in the family until 1925 when it was presented to the Manx Museum.
Around 1841 Thomas Barber (age 70). Self-Portrait.
Before 1843 Thomas Barber (age 71). Portrait of Charles Compton Cavendish 1st Baron Chesham (age 49).
Before 1843 Thomas Barber (age 71). Portrait of Cecil Brooke Boothby (age 29).
Cecil Brooke Boothby: On 18th November 1813 he was born to William Boothby 8th Baronet and Frances Jenkinson Lady Boothby. On 8th January 1883 Cecil Brooke Boothby died.
In 1843 Thomas Barber (age 72) died.