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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.
St Edburga's Church, Leigh is in Leigh, Worcestershire [Map], Churches in Worcestershire.
St Edburga's Church, Leigh [Map].
After 1606. St Edburga's Church, Leigh [Map]. Monument to Edmund Colles (age 78).
Edmund Colles: In 1528 he was born to William Colles and Margaret Hitch. In 1553 Edmund Colles was admitted as a member to the Inner Temple. On 19th December 1606 he died.
After 1615. St Edburga's Church, Leigh [Map]. Monument to William Colles and Mary Palmer.
William Colles: he was born to Edmund Colles. Before 1602 he and Mary Palmer were married. In 1615 he died.
Mary Palmer: she was born to Jerome Palmer and Eleanor Paget. In 1602 she died.
On 20th February 1640 Essex Devereux (age 25) drowned when attempting to cross the River Teme with a friend. He was buried at St Edburga's Church, Leigh [Map].
After 1656. St Edburga's Church, Leigh [Map]. Monument to Walter Devereux 5th Viscount Hereford (deceased) and Elizabeth Knightley Viscountess Hereford. Canopy suported on Ionic Capitals.
Elizabeth Knightley Viscountess Hereford: In 1588 she was born to Thomas Knightley and Elizabeth Schuckburgh. Before 1615 Walter Devereux 5th Viscount Hereford and she were married. On 8th June 1634 Elizabeth Knightley Viscountess Hereford died.
After 28th November 1828 St Edburga's Church, Leigh [Map]. Memorial to Mary Russell (deceased), wife of Rector of St Edburga's, Henry Barry Domvile.
Mary Russell: Around 1785 she was born to William Russell of Powich Court and Mary Cocks. On 28th November 1828 she died at Torquay, Devon.