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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.
Sampson Hele and Joan Glanville were married.
In 1582 Sampson Hele was born to Walter Hele (age 27).
On 6th May 1597 Sampson Hele (age 15) was educated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford University.
On 20th May 1609 [his father] Walter Hele (age 54) died.
In 1614 Sampson Hele (age 32) was elected MP Plympton Erle.
In 1621 Sampson Hele (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Devon.
In 1624 Sampson Hele (age 42) was elected MP Tavistock.
On 4th December 1655 Sampson Hele (age 73) died.
GrandFather: John Hele
Father: Walter Hele