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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 "aux Gernons aka with Whiskers" Percy 1st Baron Percy Topcliffe was born to Unknown Percy.
In December 1067 William "aux Gernons aka with Whiskers" Percy 1st Baron Percy Topcliffe was created 1st Baron Percy of Topcliffe.
Before 1090 William "aux Gernons aka with Whiskers" Percy 1st Baron Percy Topcliffe and Emma Porte Baroness Percy Topcliffe were married. She by marriage Baroness Percy of Topcliffe.
Before 1096 William "aux Gernons aka with Whiskers" Percy 1st Baron Percy Topcliffe commissioned the construction of Topcliffe Castle, North Yorkshire [Map] and Spofforth Castle, North Yorkshire [Map].
Before 1096 William "aux Gernons aka with Whiskers" Percy 1st Baron Percy Topcliffe refounded at Whitby Abbey [Map].
In 1096 William "aux Gernons aka with Whiskers" Percy 1st Baron Percy Topcliffe died. In 1096 His son [his son] Alan succeeded 2nd Baron Percy of Topcliffe.
[his son] Alan Percy 2nd Baron Percy Topcliffe was born to William "aux Gernons aka with Whiskers" Percy 1st Baron Percy Topcliffe and Emma Porte Baroness Percy Topcliffe.
[his son] William Percy was born to William "aux Gernons aka with Whiskers" Percy 1st Baron Percy Topcliffe and Emma Porte Baroness Percy Topcliffe.