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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.
Tong, Shropshire is in Shropshire.
In 1256 Alice Zouche (age 43) died at Tong, Shropshire.
Around 1314 Robert Pembridge was born at Tong, Shropshire.
On 24th May 1409 Fulk de Pembridge of Tong Castle died. The estates at Tong, Shropshire were inherited by his great-nephew Richard Vernon aka Pembridge (age 20) grandson of his sister Juliana Pembridge.
In 1427 Benedicta Ludlow (age 36) died at Tong, Shropshire.
On 28th August 1531 Alice Ludlow (age 49) died at Tong, Shropshire.
Tong Castle, Shropshire, Welsh March, England, British Isles [Map]
Tong Castle, Shropshire is also in Castles in Shropshire.
In 1338 Hawise Pembridge was born to Richard Pembridge of Clehonger (age 38) and Petronilla Unknown at Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map].
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.
In 1600 Venetia Stanley was born to Edward Stanley (age 37) and Lucy Percy at Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map].
In 1613 Edward Stanley (age 50) sold Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map] to Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet (age 63).
In 1613 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet (age 63) purchased Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map] from Edward Stanley (age 50).
On 26th July 1756 Maria Anne Smythe aka "Mrs Fitzherbert" was born to Walter Smythe (age 36) and Mary Ann Errington (age 21) at Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map].
John Smythe was born to Walter Smythe and Mary Ann Errington at Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map].