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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.
William Harold Cubley 1816-1896 is in Painters.
On 9th October 1816 William Harold Cubley was born at Heanor, Derbyshire [Map].
1850. William Harold Cubley (age 33). Self-portrait.
Around 1850. William Harold Cubley (age 33). "Flint's Dockyard, Newark".
1888. William Harold Cubley (age 71). "The Chapel, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire [Map]".
1888. William Harold Cubley (age 71). "The Terrace, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire [Map]".
Around 1890. William Harold Cubley (age 73). "The Keep, Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire [Map]".
Around 1890. William Harold Cubley (age 73). "Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire [Map]".
Around 1890. William Harold Cubley (age 73). "Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire [Map], with Sebastopol Cannon".
Around 1890. William Harold Cubley (age 73). "Dorothy Vernon's Doorway, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire [Map]".
1896. William Harold Cubley (age 79). "The Crypt, Knaresborough Castle [Map]".
On 10th August 1896 William Harold Cubley (age 79) died at Bryndu, Llanberis [Map] whilst on a painting trip in Wales. He was buried at Newark-on-Trent Cemetery.