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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William Strang is in Painters.
On 13th February 1859 William Strang was born at Dumbarton, the son of Peter Strang, a builder, and was educated at the Dumbarton Academy.
In 1885 William Strang [aged 25] and Agnes McSymon Rogerson were married. They had four sons and one daughter, Nancy.
On 11th April 1886 [his son] Ian Strang was born to William Strang [aged 27] and [his wife] Agnes McSymon Rogerson.
1901. William Strang [aged 41]. Portrait of Rudyard Kipling [aged 35].
Rudyard Kipling: On 30th December 1865 he was born to John Lockwood Kipling and Alice Macdonald. On 18th January 1936 he died.
1902. William Strang [aged 42]. Portrait of John Inglis McClymont.
1917. William Strang [aged 57]. Self-Portrait.
1918. William Strang [aged 58]. Portrait of the artist's wfe [his wife] Agnes McSymon Rogerson.
Agnes McSymon Rogerson: In 1885 William Strang and she were married. They had four sons and one daughter, Nancy. In 1935 she died.
1918. William Strang [aged 58]. "Lady with Red Hat". Portrait of Victoria Mary "Vita" Sackville-West [aged 25].
On 12th April 1921 William Strang [aged 62] died.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1935 [his former wife] Agnes McSymon Rogerson died.