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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.
Before 10th February 1818 [his father] John La Forey Butler (age 32) and [his mother] Henrietta Patrick were married.
On 10th February 1818 William John Butler was born to John La Forey Butler (age 32) and Henrietta Patrick.
In 1832 William John Butler (age 13) became a queen's scholar at Westminster School [Map].
In 1836 William John Butler (age 17) entered Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map]. He won the Trinity essay in 1839, but, though a fair classical scholar, was unable to give sufficient time to the tripos, and took a pass degree in 1840. He was awarded M.A. in 1844.
In 1841 William John Butler (age 22) was ordained by Bishop Charles Richard Sumner and presented to the Curacy of Dogmersfield, under Charles Dyson.
On 29th July 1843 William John Butler (age 25) and Emma Barnett were married.
In 1848 [his father] John La Forey Butler (age 62) died. She was buried beside her husband at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
In 1885 William John Butler (age 66) was appointed Dean of Lincoln.
On 14th January 1894 William John Butler (age 75) died. He was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map] on 18th January 1894. On 25th April 1896 a monument by Farmer & Brindley of red Verona marble with an alabaster effigy carved by Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud (age 35) was unveiled.
On 21st January 1894 [his former wife] Emma Barnett died one week after the death of her husband William John Butler (deceased).
Father: John La Forey Butler
GrandFather: Captain Robert Patrick
Mother: Henrietta Patrick