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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 Michael & All Angels Church, Great Tew is in Great Tew, Oxfordshire, Churches in Oxfordshire.
Around 1325. Monument to an unknown member of the de Vere Family in St Michael & All Angels Church, Great Tew [Map] notable for the armour having Aillettes. Right Leg over Left. Early Medieval Period.
Around 1330. Monument in St Michael & All Angels Church, Great Tew [Map] to Margery Abbess of Godstow Abbey possible Margery Dyve Abbess.
Margery Dyve Abbess: In 1316 Margery Dyve Abbess was elected Abbot of Godstow. In 1335 she died.
After 20th September 1643. Monument to Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (deceased) who was killed at the First Battle of Newbury and who is buried in St Michael & All Angels Church, Great Tew [Map]. The inscription reads:
This tablet is erected to record the fact that LUCIUS CAREY, VISCOUNT FALKLAND distinguished in the time of Charles the First is buried in this Church. The exact spot where his remains lie is not known, nor was there, so far as is known, any memorial to him in this Church until the erection of the present one in 1885, but his burial at Tew is certified by the parish register He fell fighting on the side of the King in the battle of Newbury, on the 20th September 1643, in the 34th year of his age. He was lord of the manor of Great Tew, and resided at Tew, attracting round him there a society of learned friends from Oxford, as is mentioned by Clarendon, who has celebrated his worth with an eloquent pen and with the warmth of friendship. The praises of Clarendon are confirmed by Sir Philip Warwick, Waller and Cowley, who all extol the eminence of his natural gifts and the variety and extent of his learning. But that which has yet more contributed to keep his memory and shed lustre upon it, is the admiration which he won by his fine and blameless character.
On 2nd April 1663 Henry Carey 4th Viscount Falkland (age 29) died. He was buried at St Michael & All Angels Church, Great Tew [Map]. His son Anthony (age 7) succeeded 5th Viscount Falkland.
Memorials of Francis Chantrey RA in Hallamshire and Elsewhere Part V London Life and Works. To 1825 belongs the figure of Mrs. Digby, in marble, seated on a couch, in Worcester Cathedral [Map]; and a similar one of Mrs. Boulton (age 29), in the church of Great Tew, Oxfordshire [Map].
1834. St Michael & All Angels Church, Great Tew [Map]. Monument to Mary Anne Wilkinson sculpted by Francis Leggatt Chantrey (age 52) in 1834 commissioned by her husband Matthew Robinson Boulton (age 63).
Mary Anne Wilkinson: On 27th November 1795 she was born. Before 1820 Matthew Robinson Boulton and she were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years. Memorials of Francis Chantrey RA in Hallamshire and Elsewhere Part V London Life and Works. To 1825 belongs the figure of Mrs. Digby, in marble, seated on a couch, in Worcester Cathedral [Map]. On 7th June 1829 she died in Soho Birmingham.
Matthew Robinson Boulton: On 8th August 1770 he was born. On 16th May 1842 he died.