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.
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Around 1720 Robert Hunter was born.
Around 1771. Robert Hunter [aged 51]. Portrait of Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 30].
Around 1771. Robert Hunter [aged 51]. Portrait of Margaret Butler [aged 22].
Margaret Butler: On 23rd January 1748 she was born to Somerset Butler 1st Earl Carrick and Juliana Boyle. On 3rd October 1771 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore and she were married. She by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh. In April 1775 she died.
Before 1780. Robert Hunter [aged 59]. Portrait of Hercules Rowley 2nd Viscount Langford [aged 42].
Hercules Rowley 2nd Viscount Langford: On 29th October 1737 he was born to Hercules Langford Rowley Viscount Langford and Elizabeth Rowley 1st Viscountess Langford. In 1791 Elizabeth Rowley 1st Viscountess Langford died. Her son Hercules succeeded 2nd Viscount Langford of Longford Lodge. On 24th March 1796 he died unmarried. Viscount Langford of Longford Lodge extinct. Clotworthy Taylour aka Rowley 1st Baron Langford succeeded to the Rowley estates at which time he changed his surname from Taylour to Rowley.
Around 1780 Robert Hunter [aged 60] died.