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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Christopher Wordsworth 1774-1846

Paternal Family Tree: Wordsworth

On 9th June 1774 Christopher Wordsworth was born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson at Wordsworth House.

In 1783 [his father] John Wordsworth died. [his sister] Dorothy Wordsworth [aged 11] was sent to live with her aunt Elizabeth Threlkeld in Halifax.

In 1802 William Wordsworth [aged 31] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Hutchinson were married.

In 1804 Christopher Wordsworth [aged 29] and Priscilla Lloyd were married.

On 30th October 1807 [his son] Bishop Christopher Wordsworth was born to Christopher Wordsworth [aged 33] and [his wife] Priscilla Lloyd.

In 1810 Christopher Wordsworth [aged 35] published an Ecclesiastical Biography in 6 volumes.

In 1810 Christopher Wordsworth [aged 35] received his Doctor of Divinity degree.

In 1815 [his wife] Priscilla Lloyd died.

In 1820 Christopher Wordsworth [aged 45] was appointed Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map] which position he held until 1846 when he resigned.

On 2nd February 1846 Christopher Wordsworth [aged 71] died at Buxted.