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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.
Alfred Edward Chalon 1780-1860 is in Painters.
On 15th February 1780 Alfred Edward Chalon was born at Geneva.
In 1812 Alfred Edward Chalon (age 31) was elected Associate of the Royal Academy.
In 1816 Alfred Edward Chalon (age 35) was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
Before 3rd October 1860. Alfred Edward Chalon (age 80). Portrait of Elizabeth Brodie Duchess Gordon (age 66).
Elizabeth Brodie Duchess Gordon: On 20th June 1794 she was born to Alexander Brodie. On 11th December 1813 George Gordon 5th Duke Gordon and she were married. She brought £100,000 to the marriage and inherited more then £100,000 when her father died. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon. On 17th June 1827 Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon died. His son George succeeded 5th Duke Gordon, 8th Marquess Huntly, 13th Earl Huntley, 13th Baron Mordaunt. She by marriage Duchess Gordon. On 31st January 1864 she died.
Before 3rd October 1860. Alfred Edward Chalon (age 80). Portrait of George Gordon 5th Duke Gordon.
On 3rd October 1860 Alfred Edward Chalon (age 80) died at Campden Hill.