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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Gower
In 1584 Thomas Gower 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Gower.
On 28th May 1604 Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 20) and Anne Doyley Baroness Gower were married.
Around 1605 [his son] Thomas Gower 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 21) and [his wife] Anne Doyley Baroness Gower.
In 1620 Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 36) was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire.
In June 1620 two further baronetcies were created ....
Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 36) was created 1st Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. [his wife] Anne Doyley Baroness Gower by marriage Lady Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire.
John Pakington 1st Baronet (age 20) was created 1st Baronet Pakington.
On 2nd June 1620 Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 36) was knighted by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 53).
On 28th October 1633 [his wife] Anne Doyley Baroness Gower died. She was buried at St Clement Danes Church, Westminster [Map].
In 1651 Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 67) died. His son [his son] Thomas (age 46) succeeded 2nd Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. Frances Leveson Baroness Gower by marriage Lady Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire.
All About History Books
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.
[his son] Doyley Gower was born to Thomas Gower 1st Baronet and Anne Doyley Baroness Gower.