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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.
On 1st July 1731 Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan was born.
On 6th June 1777 Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 45) and Henrietta Dundas were married.
On 21st March 1785 [his son] Robert Haldane-Duncan 1st Earl of Camperdown was born to Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 53) and [his wife] Henrietta Dundas.
On 11th October 1797 Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 66) was victorious at the Battle of Camperdown. A complete victory for the British, who captured eleven Dutch ships without losing any of their own.
On 21st October 1797 Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 66) was created 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdowne in recognition of his victory at the Battle of Camperdown.
After 21st October 1797 Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 66) was awarded the Large Naval Gold Medal and an annual pension of £3,000, to himself and the next two heirs to his title - the biggest pension ever awarded by the British government.
1798 John Singleton Copley (age 59). Portrait of Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 66).
Around 1798 John Hoppner (age 39). Portrait of Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 66).
Around 1800 John Hoppner (age 41). Portrait of Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 68).
Before 1804 John Singleton Copley (age 65). Portrait of Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 72).
On 4th August 1804 Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 73) died suddenty at an inn Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland [Map] on his way to Edinburgh. His son [his son] Robert Haldane-Duncan (age 19) succeeded 2nd Viscount Duncan of Camperdowne.