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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.

Heraldry, Terms, Field, Gules

Gules is in Field.

Walmesley Arms. Gules a chief ermine two hurts.

Hanover Arms. Gules, a horse courant argent.

Hamlyn Arms. Gules, a lion rampant ermine crowned or. Source.

Harcourt Arms. Gules two bars or. Source.

Blennerhassett Arms. Gules, a chevron ermine, between three dolphins naiant embowed argent. Source.

Hervey Arms. Gules, on a bend argent three trefoils slipped vert, Source.

Brooke Arms. Gules, on a chevron argent a lion rampant sable crowned or. Source.

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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.

Howard Augmented Arms. Gules bend argent six crosslets fitchy augmented after the Battle of Flodden with an inescutcheon bearing the lion of Scotland pierced through the mouth with an arrow. Source.

Carr Arms. Gules, on a chevron argent, three mullets, of the field.

Isle of Man Arms. Gules, a Triskelion argent. Sources.

Cholmondeley Arms. Gules, in chief two esquire's helmets argent in base a garb or. Source.

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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.

Denny Arms. Gules, a saltire argent between twelve crosses pattee or. Source.

Louvain Arms. Gules billety or a fess of the last. Source.

Dunbar Arms. Gules a lion rampant argent on a bordure of the same eight roses of the field. Source.

Lucy Arms. Gules three lucies. Source.

Godolphin Arms. Gules, an eagle with two heads, displayed between three fleur de lys, two and one, argent.

NO IMAGE. Gules, seven lozenges conjoined vairé three, three and one. Source.

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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.

Beauchamp Arms. Gules a fess or between six cross crosslets or.

Brabazon Arms. Gules on a bend or three martlets sable. Source.

Ponsonby Arms. Gules, a chevron between three combs argent. Source.

Rich Arms. Gules, a chevron between three crosses botonée or. Source.

Roet Arms. Gules, three wheels or. Source.

Daubigny Arms. Gules, four fusils conjoined in fess argent. Source.

Ros Arms. Gules, three water bougets argent.

Despencer Arms. Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 2&3: Gules, a fret or, over all a bend sable. Source.

Salusbury Arms. Gules a lion rampant argent three crescents argent.

Fitzherbert Arms. Gules, three lions rampant or. Source.

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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.

Granville Arms. Gules three clarions or. Source.

Castile Arms. Gules a castle or.

Berkeley Arms. Gules a chevron between ten crosses pattee six in chief and four in base argent.

Spencer Arms. Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 2&3: Gules, a fret or, over all a bend sable.

Carteret Arms. Gules four fusils in fess argent.

De Quincy Arms. Gules, seven mascles or 3,3,1. Source.

Umfraville Arms. Gules crusilly of crosses crosslet a cinquefoil or. Source.

Verney Arms. Gules, three crosses recerclée voided throughout or a chief vair ermine and ermines. Source.