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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.

Biography of John Thewlis 1762-1846

On 4th April 1762 John Thewlis was born to Joshua Thewlis (age 34) at Holmfirth.

On 16th April 1786 John Thewlis (age 24) and Hannah Hirst (age 22) were married at All Hallows Church, Almondbury.

Hannah Hirst: In 1764 she was born. In 1829 she died at Holmfirth.

In 1804 [his daughter] Betty Thewlis was born to John Thewlis (age 41) and [his wife] Hannah Hirst (age 40) at Holmfirth.

In February 1809 [his father] Joshua Thewlis (age 81) died at Holmfirth.

In 1829 [his wife] Hannah Hirst (age 65) died at Holmfirth.

On 18th April 1846 John Thewlis (age 84) died at Huddersfield.

Ancestors of John Thewlis 1762-1846

GrandFather: Joseph Thewlis

Father: Joshua Thewlis

John Thewlis