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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Archdeacon John Jones 1775-1834

On or before 28th December 1775 Archdeacon John Jones was born to Roger Jones of Cefn Rug. He was baptised 28th December 1775. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford University being awarded BA in 1798 and MA in 1802.

In 1799 Archdeacon John Jones [aged 23] was ordained Deacon and in 1800 Priest by Bishop of Bangor William Cleaver.

In 1802 Archdeacon John Jones [aged 26] was appointed Junior Vicar of Bangor.

In 1804 Archdeacon John Jones [aged 28] and others formed a society in the diocese of Bangor to publish tracts in Welsh, and he acted as its first secretary.

In 1809 Archdeacon John Jones [aged 33] was appointed Rector of Llandudno and Archdeacon of Merionethshire.

In 1821 Archdeacon John Jones [aged 45] delivered the Bampton Lectures in the University of Oxford on ' The Moral Tendency in the Divine Revelation'.

On 13th May 1834 Archdeacon John Jones [aged 58] died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Llanbedr [Map] where he had been rector for fifteen years. Source.