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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: Borlase
Around 1564 William Borlase of Little Marlow was born to John Borlase of Buckinghamshire (age 37).
On 17th November 1581 William Borlase of Little Marlow (age 17) matriculated Magdalen College, Oxford University.
In 1584 William Borlase of Little Marlow (age 20) was a student at Gray's Inn.
In 1589 [his son] William Borlase was born to William Borlase of Little Marlow (age 25).
Around 1590 [his son] Henry Borlase was born to William Borlase of Little Marlow (age 26).
On 6th May 1593 [his father] John Borlase of Buckinghamshire (age 66) died.
In 1601 William Borlase of Little Marlow (age 37) was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.
On 28th June 1603 William Borlase of Little Marlow (age 39) was knighted at Beddington, Surrey.
In 1604 William Borlase of Little Marlow (age 40) was elected MP Aylesbury.
In 1614 William Borlase of Little Marlow (age 50) was elected MP Buckinghamshire.
Before 21st August 1619 [his son] William Borlase (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Jane Popham were married.
In 1624 [his son] Henry Borlase (age 34) died.
In 1624 William Borlase of Little Marlow (age 60) founded Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in memory of his son [his son] Henry Borlase (age 34) who had died that year.
On 4th September 1629 William Borlase of Little Marlow (age 65) died. He was buried on 10th September 1629.