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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.
John Downman 1750-1824 is in Painters.
Around 1750 John Downman was born.
Around 1779. Possibly John Downman (age 29). Portrait of John Mortlock (age 24).
John Mortlock: In 1755 he was born. In 1784 John Mortlock was elected MP Cambridge. In 1816 he died.
Around 1780. John Downman (age 30). Portrait of Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire (age 22).
Around 1780. John Downman (age 30). Portrait of Baron Gustaf Adam von Nolcken (age 46).
Around 1792. John Downman (age 42). Miniature portrait of Sarah Hussey Delaval Countess Tyrconnel (age 29).
Before 1815. After John Downman (age 64). Portrait of Antony Gibbs (age 58).
Antony Gibbs: In 1756 he was born. In 1815 Antony Gibbs died.
Before 1824. John Downman (age 73). Portrait of Jane Surtees (age 72).
Jane Surtees: In 1751 she was born to Robert Surtees and Dorothy Lambton.
On 24th December 1824 John Downman (age 74) died.
1873. John Downman. Stone lithograph after the original by Edward H. Mitchell. Portrait of Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough.