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.
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William Kingdon Clifford is in Mathematicians.
In July 1844 [his father] William Clifford (age 23) and [his step-mother] Frances Kingdon (age 24) were married.
On 4th May 1845 William Kingdon Clifford was born to [his father] William Clifford (age 24) at Exeter, Devon [Map] and [his step-mother] Frances Kingdon (age 25).
In 1870, William Kingdon Clifford (age 25) was part of an expedition to Italy to observe the solar eclipse of 22 December 1870. During that voyage he survived a shipwreck along the Sicilian coast.
In 1874 William Kingdon Clifford (age 28) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 7th April 1875 William Kingdon Clifford (age 29) and Lucy Lane (age 28) were married. They had two children.
In 1876 William Kingdon Clifford (age 30) published "On the Space-Theory of Matter".
In 1878 William Kingdon Clifford (age 32) published "Elements of Dynamic: An Introduction to the Study of Motion And Rest In Solid And Fluid Bodies" in three books: 1. Translations, 2. Translations and 3. Translations.
1878. John Collier (age 27). Portrait of William Kingdon Clifford (age 32).
In 1878 [his father] William Clifford (age 57) died.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 3rd March 1879 William Kingdon Clifford (age 33) died at Madeira to which he had travelled for his health. He was buried at Highgate Cemetery.
On 21st April 1929 [his former wife] Lucy Lane (age 82) died.