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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.
Church of St Barlok, Norbury is in Norbury, Derbyshire [Map], Churches in Derbyshire.
In 1453 Alice Booth (age 39) died at Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map]. She was buried at Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map].
On 19th November 1473 Nicholas Fitzherbert (age 73) died at Norbury, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map]. Fluted Period. Fine set of weepers. Probably Harpur and Moorecock of Burton on Trent. Not the Clenched Fist Crest unusually left-handed; probably a mistake by the sculptor since left-hand suggests illegitimacy. Suns and Roses Collar.
Nicholas Fitzherbert: In 1400 he was born to Henry Fitzherbert and Isabella Downes at Norbury, Derbyshire [Map]. In or before 1424 Nicholas Fitzherbert and Alice Booth were married. They had eight sons and five daughter according to the inscription on his monument. In or after 1453 Nicholas Fitzherbert and Isabel aka Elizabeth Ludlow were married. They had two sons and two daughters.
On 2nd March 1484 Ralph Fitzherbert (age 56) died at Norbury, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map].
On 20th October 1490 Elizabeth Marshall (age 53) died. She was buried at Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map].
Monument to Ralph and Elizabeth. Finely made in Chellaston alabaster of the Fluted Period. Possibly Harpur and Moorecock of Burton on Trent. Fitzherbert Clenched Fist Crest. His effigy notable for being the only remaining with the Yorkist Boar Pendant (boar of Richard III) on his Suns and Roses Collar.
Ralph Fitzherbert: Around 1428 he was born to Nicholas Fitzherbert and Alice Booth at Norbury, Derbyshire [Map]. In or before 1450 Ralph Fitzherbert and Elizabeth Marshall were married. They had seven sons and five daughters.
Elizabeth Marshall: Around 1437 she was born to John Marshall.
On or before 21st July 1900, the date he was baptised at the Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map], Henry Samuel Littleton Clowes was born to Arthur Clowes (age 33) and Lucy Littleton (age 23).
On 3rd September 1901 Legh Algernon Clowes was born to Arthur Clowes (age 34) and Lucy Littleton (age 25). He was baptised at the Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map] on 23rd September 1901.
On 4th March 1903 Margaret Violet Louisa Clowes was born to Arthur Clowes (age 35) and Lucy Littleton (age 26). He was baptised at the Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map] on 23rd September 1901.