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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.

Culture, Religious Buildings in England, Religious Buildings Geographically, Religious Buildings in London, Religious Buildings in Middlesex

St Mary's Church, Hendon St John's Church, Clerkenwell St Mary at Finchley Church, Dinchley St Mary the Virgin Church, Harefield St Andrew's Church, Holborn St Pancras Old Church Clerkenwell Priory Holywell Priory Syon Abbey

Religious Buildings in Middlesex is in Religious Buildings in London.

St Mary's Church, Hendon [Map]

St John's Church, Clerkenwell [Map]

St Mary at Finchley Church, Dinchley [Map]

St Mary the Virgin Church, Harefield [Map]

St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map]

St Pancras Old Church [Map]

Clerkenwell Priory [Map]

Holywell Priory [Map]

Syon Abbey [Map]

Blackfriars Priory, Ludgate