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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.
Kendal is in Westmoreland.
In 1094 Ivo Taillebois (age 58) died at Kendal [Map].
Around 1190 William Lancaster was born to Gilbert fitzRoger Lancaster (age 28) at Kendal [Map].
Around 1352 William Parr was born at Kendal [Map].
On 9th August 1617 Henry Mildmay (age 24) was knighted at Kendal [Map].
The River Kent rises near Kentmere Reservoir, Cumberland [Map] from where it flows through Kentmere, Cumberland [Map], Staveley, Cumberland [Map], Kendal [Map], Sizergh, Cumberland [Map] to Sandside, Cumberland [Map] where it joins the Irish Sea.
Burneshead Kendal, Westmoreland, North-West England, British Isles
In 1456 Jane Bellingham was born to Thomas Bellingham at Burneshead Kendal.
Kendal Castle, Westmoreland, North-West England, British Isles
Around 1162 Gilbert fitzRoger Lancaster was born at Kendal Castle, Westmoreland.
On 4th October 1405 William Parr (age 53) died at Kendal Castle, Westmoreland.
In 1473 Robert Ros 4th Baron Ros Kendal (age 73) died. Baron Ros Kendal abeyant. His aunt Elizabeth Ros and her husband William Parr inherited Kendal Castle, Westmoreland which then descended through the Parr family until it was forfetied to the Crown by the conviction for high treason, and attainder, of William Parr 1st Marquess Northampton in 1553.
Gilbert fitzRoger Lancaster died at Kendal Castle, Westmoreland.
Hawise Lancaster was born to Gilbert fitzRoger Lancaster at Kendal Castle, Westmoreland.