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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.
Witney, Oxfordshire is in Oxfordshire.
In 1321 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 45) attended a tournament at Witney, Oxfordshire [Map].
Around 1425 Thomas Fermor alias Ricards was born in Witney, Oxfordshire [Map].
The River Windrush rises near Taddington [Map] in Gloucestershire. It travels broadly south-west through Bourton-on-the-Water [Map], Burford, Oxfordshire [Map], Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map], Witney, Oxfordshire [Map] joining the River Thames at Nebridge.
Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey was born to and in Cogges Witney, Oxfordshire.
In 1150 was born at Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map].
In 1213 (age 63) died at Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map].
Before 3rd December 1252 (age 62) died at Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map].
In 1311 (age 57) died at Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map]. His son John (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh. Maud Burnell Baroness Lovel and Burnell (age 21) by marriage Baroness Lovel of Titchmarsh.
On 13th June 1455 (age 58) died at Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map]. He was buried at Greyfriars Oxford, Oxfordshire. His son John (age 22) succeeded 8th Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh, 5th Baron Holand.
On 21st February 1581 Robert Keilway (age 84) died. His only child Anne Keilway Baroness Harington (age 27) and her husband John Harington 1st Baron Harington (age 41) inherited the Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map] and Coombe Abbey [Map] estates.
On 12th December 1594 (age 21) and Lucy Harrington Countess Bedford (age 14) were married at St Dunstan's Church Stepney. She by marriage Countess Bedford. She brought an enormous dowry of £10000 and the estate of Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map].
The River Windrush rises near Taddington [Map] in Gloucestershire. It travels broadly south-west through Bourton-on-the-Water [Map], Burford, Oxfordshire [Map], Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map], Witney, Oxfordshire [Map] joining the River Thames at Nebridge.