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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.
Baronet Gell of Hopton in Derbyshire is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
1st: John Gell 1st Baronet. Died 1671. Son
2nd: John Gell 2nd Baronet. Died 1688. Son
3rd: Philip Gell 3rd Baronet. Died 1719. Extinct.
In 1642 John Gell 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Gell of Hopton in Derbyshire. Elizabeth Willoughby Lady Gell by marriage Lady Gell of Hopton in Derbyshire.
In December 1647 John Gell 1st Baronet (age 54) and Mary Radclyffe Lady Gell (age 42) were married. She by marriage Lady Gell of Hopton in Derbyshire.
On 26th January 1671 John Gell 1st Baronet (age 77) died. He was buried in St Mary's Church, Wirksworth [Map]. His son John (age 58) succeeded 2nd Baronet Gell of Hopton in Derbyshire.
John Gell 2nd Baronet: In 1613 he was born to John Gell 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Willoughby Lady Gell. Before 8th February 1688 John Gell 2nd Baronet and Katherine Packer of Shelingford were married. On 8th February 1688 John Gell 2nd Baronet died. His son Philip succeeded 3rd Baronet Gell of Hopton in Derbyshire. Elizabeth Fagge Lady Gell by marriage Lady Gell of Hopton in Derbyshire.
On 8th February 1688 John Gell 2nd Baronet (age 75) died. His son Philip (age 37) succeeded 3rd Baronet Gell of Hopton in Derbyshire. Elizabeth Fagge Lady Gell by marriage Lady Gell of Hopton in Derbyshire.
On 16th July 1719 Philip Gell 3rd Baronet (age 68) died without issue. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Wirksworth [Map]. Monument to Philip Gell 3rd Baronet. Baronet Gell of Hopton in Derbyshire extinct. His esates were inherited by his nephew John Gell son of William Eyre and Philip's sister Katherine Gell who adopted the name Gell.