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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Bishop John Wogan Festing 1837-1902

On 13th August 1837 Bishop John Wogan Festing was born to Richard Grindall Festing and Eliza Mammatt at Brook House, Stourton.

In 1860 Bishop John Wogan Festing [aged 22] was ordained deacon, and priest the following year, and subsequently served as curate of Christ Church, Westminster, London, from 1860 to 1873.

In 1863 Bishop John Wogan Festing [aged 25] was appointed Assistant Honorary Secretary, Universities' Mission to Central Africa which office he held until 1882.

In 1873 Bishop John Wogan Festing [aged 35] was appointed vicar of St Luke's Church, Berwick Street, close to Seven Dials.

On 19th May 1878 Bishop John Wogan Festing [aged 40] was appointed vicar of Christ Church, Albany Street.

In 1882 Bishop John Wogan Festing [aged 44] was appointed Treasurer, Universities' Mission to Central Africa which office he held until 1890.

In 1887 Bishop John Wogan Festing [aged 49] was appointed Rural Dean of St Pancras.

On 24th June 1890 Bishop John Wogan Festing [aged 52] was appointed Bishop of St Albans. The diocese had been created in 1877 and had only had one bishop before Festing.

Before 28th December 1902. Photograph of Bishop John Wogan Festing [aged 65]. He was buried at St Albans Cathedral [Map].

On 28th December 1902 Bishop John Wogan Festing [aged 65] died unmarried at 21 Endsleigh Street, Bloomsbury.

Ancestors of Bishop John Wogan Festing 1837-1902

Father: Richard Grindall Festing

Bishop John Wogan Festing

Grandfather: Edward Mammatt of Ashby de la Zouche

Mother: Eliza Mammatt