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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Strickland Paternal Family Tree
Walter Strickland
Born 1151
Died 1239 (88)
12 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Father: Roger Strickland
William Strickland "The Navigator"
Born 1530
Died 08 Dec 1598 (68)
15 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Father: Henry Strickland
Frederick Charles Strickland-Constable
Born 16 Mar 1860
Died 20 Dec 1917 (57)
14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Father: George Strickland 7th Baronet
Mother: Mary Constable
Lucy Henrietta Strickland
Born 1822
19 Dec 1844 m James Marriott
Died 08 Jul 1871 (49)
11 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Father: Walter Strickland
Walter Strickland
Born 05 Apr 1516
Died 08 Apr 1569 (53)
12 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Father: Walter Strickland
Thomas Strickland
Born 06 Jun 1564
Died 19 Jun 1612 (48)
15 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Father: Thomas Strickland
Walter Strickland
Born 22 May 1675
1700 m Anne Salvin x 1
Died 04 Aug 1714 (39)
16 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Father: Walter Strickland
Mother: Anne Salvin
Thomas Strickland
Born 29 Jun 1701
Died 1754 (52)
17 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Father: Thomas Strickland
Charles Francis Strickland
Born 06 Jul 1734
Died 06 Oct 1770 (36)
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: Thomas Strickland
Mother: Mabel Beethom
Margaret Strickland
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: Thomas Strickland
Mother: Mabel Beethom
Cecilia Strickland
