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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Debenham, Suffolk Cretingham, Suffolk Brandeston, Suffolk Kettleburgh, Suffolk Easton, Suffolk Wickham Market, Suffolk Bromeswell, Suffolk Woodbridge, Suffolk Bawdsey Manor, Suffolk River Fynn

River Debden

River Debden is in East Anglia Rivers.

River Fynn

The River Fynn rises near Witnesham, Suffolk [Map] from where it flows past Tuddenham, Suffolk [Map], Playford, Suffolk [Map], Little Bealings, Suffolk [Map] after which it is joined by the Woodbridge River Lark. Thereafter it flows past Martlesham, Suffolk [Map] before forming Martlesham Creek, Suffolk [Map] which flows into the River Debden.

Woodbridge River Lark