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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.
Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire is in Gloucestershire.
In 1253 Walter Rodney was born at Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire.
In 1255 Katherine Fitzwarin was born at Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire.
In 1279 Thomas Rodney was born to Walter Rodney (age 26) and Katherine Fitzwarin (age 24) at Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire.
In 1331 John Rodney was born to Thomas Rodney (age 26) and Katharine Cheddar at Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire.
In 1333 Jane Cressy was born to Hugh Cressy (age 19) at Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire.
Around 1506 John Berkeley was born to Richard Berkeley of Stoke Gifford (age 36) and Elizabeth Coningsby (age 26) at Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire.
In 1514 Richard Berkeley of Stoke Gifford (age 44) died at Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire.
In 1531 Richard Berkeley was born to John Berkeley (age 25) and Isabel Denys (age 22) at Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire.
In 1605 Richard Berkeley (age 74) died at Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire.
John Rodney was born to Thomas Rodney at Stoke Giffard, Gloucestershire.