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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 Hilton 1786-1839 is in Painters.
On 3rd June 1786 William Hilton was born to William Hilton (age 34) at Vicar's Court, Lincoln Cathedral Close. He was baptised at St Mary le Wigford Church, Lincoln.
Before 1820. William Hilton (age 33). Portrait of the poet John Clare.
Before 1821. William Hilton (age 34). Portrait of the poet John Keats (age 25).
Before 1821. William Hilton (age 34). Portrait of the poet John Keats (age 25).
Before 1822. William Hilton (age 35). Portrait of the artist's father [his father] William Hilton (age 69).
William Hilton: In 1752 he was born. In 1822 he died.
In 1822 [his father] William Hilton (age 70) died.
On 26th February 1828 William Hilton (age 41) and Justinia Kent (age 26) were married.
Before 1835. William Hilton (age 48). Portrait of the artist's wife [his wife] Justinia Kent (age 33).
Justinia Kent: On or before 13th September 1801, the day she was baptised at St Mark's Church, Lincoln, she was born to Reverend George Davies Kent and Anne Chaplin. On 26th February 1828 William Hilton and she were married. In 1835 she died.
Before 1835. William Hilton (age 48). Portrait of the artist's wife [his wife] Justinia Kent (age 33).
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1835 [his wife] Justinia Kent (age 33) died.
Before 1839. William Hilton (age 52). Portrait of the artist's sister [his sister] Harriet Hilton (age 47).
Harriet Hilton: In 1791 she was born to William Hilton. In 1866 she died.
Before 1839. William Hilton (age 52). Self-Portrait.
Before 1839. William Hilton (age 52). Self-Portrait.
Before 1839. William Hilton (age 52). Portrait of the artist's sister [his sister] Harriet Hilton (age 47).
On 30th December 1839 William Hilton (age 53) died. Monument at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].