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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 Michael, Oxnead is in Oxnead, Norfolk, Churches in Norfolk.
Church of St Michael, Oxnead [Map]. The adjacent Oxnead Hall.
On 18th February 1598 Admiral Clement Paston (age 77) died. Tomb in the Church of St Michael, Oxnead [Map]. Rush Mat.
Admiral Clement Paston: Around 1521 he was born to William Paston and Bridget Heydon. Before 18th February 1598 Admiral Clement Paston and Alice Pakington were married.
On 18th January 1608 Alice Pakington died. Wife of Admiral Clement Paston (second husband). Brass floorplate in the Church of St Michael, Oxnead [Map].
Alice Pakington: she was born to Humphrey Pakington. Richard Lambert and she were married.
On 28th December 1608 Edmund Lambert of Boyton in Wiltshire died. Son of Alice Pakington. Brass floorplate in the Church of St Michael, Oxnead [Map].
Edmund Lambert of Boyton in Wiltshire: he was born to Richard Lambert and Alice Pakington. Before 1600 he and Anne Jackman were married.
In 1636 Lady Katherine Bertie died in childbirth. Memorial in the Church of St Michael, Oxnead [Map]. Bust carved by Nicholas Stone (age 49). 
Paston Arms and 
Bertie Arms.
Lady Katherine Bertie: In 1631 William Paston 1st Baronet and she were married. She the daughter of Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey and Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey. she was born to Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey and Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey.
Coffin plates for Robert Paston 1st Earl of Yarmouth and Rebecca Clayton Countess Yarmouth among others in the Church of St Michael, Oxnead [Map].
Rebecca Clayton Countess Yarmouth: Around 1635 she was born to Jasper Clayton. On 15th June 1650 Robert Paston 1st Earl of Yarmouth and she were married. In 1679 Robert Paston 1st Earl of Yarmouth was created 1st Earl of Yarmouth. She by marriage Countess of Yarmouth. On 14th February 1694 she died.
The River Bure rises at Melton Constable, Norfolk [Map] from where it flows past Briston, Norfolk [Map], Thurning, Norfolk [Map] after which it is joined by the River Thurne. Thereafter it flows past Corpusty, Norfolk [Map], ItterIngham, Norfolk [Map], Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map], where there is a large ornamental lake, Ingworth, Norfolk [Map], Drabblegate, Norfolk [Map], Aylsham, Norfolk [Map], Burgh, Norfolk [Map], Church of St Michael, Oxnead [Map], Buxton, Norfolk [Map], Little Hautbois, Norfolk [Map], Horstead, Norfolk [Map], Belaugh, Norfolk [Map], Wroxham, Norfolk [Map], Horning, Norfolk [Map], Upper Street [Map], Ranworth, Norfolk [Map] after which it is joined by the River Ant after which it passes St Benet's Abbey, Norfolk [Map] then joining the River Bure just after Thurne, Norfolk [Map]. The River Bure then flows under Acle Bridge, Norfolk [Map], past Stokesby, Norfolk [Map], Herringby, Norfolk [Map] to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Map] where it joins the River Yare before joining the North Sea.