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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.
Tilly Kettle 1735-1786 is in Painters.
On 31st January 1735 Tilly Kettle was born.
Around 1755. Tilly Kettle (age 19). Portrait of Henry Vansittart Governor of Bengal (age 22).
Henry Vansittart Governor of Bengal: On 3rd June 1732 he was born to Arthur van Sittart and Martha Stonhouse. In 1770 Henry Vansittart Governor of Bengal disappeared assumed drowned when the ship in which they sailed, the frigate Aurora, was lost at sea.
1762. Tilly Kettle (age 26). Self-portrait.
1762. Tilly Kettle (age 26). Pportrait of William Beckford (age 52).
William Beckford: Before 19th December 1709 he was born to Peter Beckford in Jamaica. On 19th December 1709 William Beckford was baptised. Before 8th June 1756 William Beckford and Maria Hamilton were married. On 21st June 1770 William Beckford died.
1766. Tilly Kettle (age 30). Portrait of Frances Elizabeth Greville Lady Harpur (age 21) and her son Henry Crewe 7th Baronet (age 3).
Frances Elizabeth Greville Lady Harpur: On 11th May 1744 she was born to Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick. In 1762 Henry Harpur 6th Baronet and she were married. She the daughter of Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick. On 6th April 1825 Frances Elizabeth Greville Lady Harpur died.
In 1786 Tilly Kettle (age 50) died.