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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Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]

Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire is in Nottinghamshire.

See: Holy Trinity Church Ratcliffe on Soar [Map].

Around 1442 Isabel Babington was born to John Babington [aged 19] and Isabel Bradbourne [aged 15] at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map]. She married Unknown Roscelle.

Around 18th March 1486 Isabel Bradbourne [aged 59] died at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map].

In 1506 Ralph Sacheverell was born to Richard Sacheverell Baron Hungerford, Botreaux and Moleyns [aged 39] and Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns [aged 40] at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map]. He married 1. Anna Unknown 2. Cecilia Durance and had issue.

In 1508 Maria Sacheverell was born to Henry Sacheverell [aged 33] and Elizabeth Montgomery [aged 32] at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map]. She married her sixth cousin George Chaworth and had issue.

In 1526 Henry Sacheverell was born to Ralph Sacheverell [aged 20] and Cecilia Durance [aged 18] at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map]. He married before 1547 Lucie Pole and had issue.

On 14th August 1539 Ralph Sacheverell [aged 33] died at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map]. He was buried at Holy Trinity Church Ratcliffe on Soar [Map].

On 27th June 1538 Cecilia Durance [aged 30] died. She was buried at Holy Trinity Church Ratcliffe on Soar [Map].

Decorated Gabled Headress. Lancastrian Esses Collar with Big Esses with Tudor Rose Pendant. Possibly second hand monuments. Gabled Headress.

Ralph Sacheverell: he and Anna Unknown were married. he and Cecilia Durance were married. In 1506 he was born to Richard Sacheverell Baron Hungerford, Botreaux and Moleyns and Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map].

Cecilia Durance: In 1508 she was born to John Durance at Isham, Northamptonshire.

In 1547 Henry Sacheverell was born to Henry Sacheverell [aged 21] and Lucie Pole [aged 19] at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map]. He married 1558 Jane Ireton and had issue.

On 20th May 1562 Maria Sacheverell [aged 54] died at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map].

In 1570 Lucie Boughton was born at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map].

In 1580 Henry Sacheverell [aged 33] died at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map]. Tomb in Holy Trinity Church Ratcliffe on Soar [Map]. His head on a great helm with Goat Crest. She wearing a Bongrace.

Henry Sacheverell: In 1547 he was born to Henry Sacheverell and Lucie Pole at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map]. Around 1558 he and Jane Ireton were married.

Around 1582 Jane Ireton [aged 42] died at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire [Map].