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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 16th September 1581 [his father] Samuel Backhouse (age 26) and [his mother] Elisabeth Borlase were married.
On 17th January 1593 William Backhouse was born to Samuel Backhouse (age 38) and Elisabeth Borlase.
On 24th June 1626 [his father] Samuel Backhouse (age 71) died.
Around 1637 William Backhouse (age 43) and Anne Richards were married.
In 1649 [his brother] John Backhouse died without issue. His younger brother William Backhouse (age 55) inherited his estates including Swallowfield House, Berkshire.
by 1651 William Backhouse (age 57) had become mentor to Elias Ashmole (age 33).
On 30th May 1662 William Backhouse (age 69) died.
On 19th October 1670 [his son-in-law] Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Clarendon and [his daughter] Flower Backhouse Countess Clarendon were married. She being the sole heir of her father William Backhouse brought Swallowfield House, Berkshire to the marriage which Henry had rebuilt. He the son of Edward Hyde 1st Earl Clarendon (age 61) and Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon.
[his daughter] Flower Backhouse Countess Clarendon was born to William Backhouse and Anne Richards.
Father: Samuel Backhouse
GrandFather: John Borlase of Little Marlow
Mother: Elisabeth Borlase