Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.
Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
All About History Books
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.
Settrington is in North Yorkshire.
On 18th March 1305 John Bigod (age 55) died at Settrington.
In 1334 John Bigod was born to Roger Bigod (age 34) at Settrington.
Around 1376 John Bigod was born to John Bigod (age 42) and Amy Settrington at Settrington.
On 11th November 1388 John Bigod (age 54) died at Settrington.
On 7th July 1410 Ralph Bigod Lord Morley was born to John Bigod (age 34) and Constance Mauley Lady Morley (age 27) at Settrington.
In 1433 John Bigod was born to Ralph Bigod Lord Morley (age 22) and Anne Greystoke (age 21) at Settrington. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1457 Ralph Bigod was born to John Bigod (age 24) and Elizabeth Scrope (age 18) at Settrington.
On 21st December 1468 William Conyers 1st Baron Conyers was born to John Conyers (age 35) and Alice Neville (age 31) at Settrington. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 27th March 1477 Anne Greystoke (age 65) died at Settrington.
On 7th April 1515 Ralph Bigod (age 58) died at Settrington.
On 11th October 1901 Julia Louisa Bosville Baroness Middleton (age 77) died at Settrington.