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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.
Hanover Square is in Mayfair.
See: George Street, Great Stanhope Street, Hanover Street, Mill Street, Hanover Square, St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 10th October 1730 Bishop William Talbot (age 72) died at Hanover Square.
In June 1758 Hugo Meynell (age 23) and Ann Scrimpshire were married at Hanover Square.
On 14th May 1763 Isabella Blackett Countess Buchan (age 72) died in Hanover Square.
On 10th January 1764 Edward Lascelles was born to Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood (age 23) and Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood (age 21) at Hanover Square.
On 22nd March 1767 Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster was born to Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor (age 35) at Hanover Square.
On 8th October 1788 Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire was born to Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire (age 35) and Mary Sandys Marchioness Downshire (age 24) at Hanover Square.
In 1799 Frederick Richard West was born to Frederick West (age 32) at Hanover Square.
On 13th July 1836 Henry Agar 2nd Viscount Clifden (age 75) died in Hanover Square. His grandson Henry (age 11) succeeded 3rd Viscount Clifden of Gowran in County Kilkenny, 3rd Baron Mendip of Mendip in Somerset.
Charlotte Augusta Hill Countess Talbot was born to Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire and Margaretta Fitzgerald in Hanover Square.
On 21st July 1797 Arthur William Devis (age 34) was recorded as living at 27 George Street.
On 19th February 1866 Henriette Rothschild (age 75) died at 4 Great Stanhope Street.
On 1st March 1831 John Fenton-Cawthorne (age 78) died at Hanover Street.
On 24th January 1837 Joseph Sabine (age 66) died at his home in Mill Street, Hanover Square. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery [Map] on 1st February 1837.