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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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Benjamin West is in Painters.
On 10th October 1738 Benjamin West was born.
In 1765 Benjamin West (age 26) and Elizabeth Shewell were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map].
Around 1769 Benjamin West (age 30). Portrait of Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 17).
Before 1771. Benjamin West (age 32). Portrait of Jocosa Drury Lady Cust (age 21).
Jocosa Drury Lady Cust: On 19th April 1749 she was born to Thomas Drury 1st Baronet and Martha Tyrrell Lady Drury. On 16th October 1770 Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow and she were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire. On 11th February 1772 Jocosa Drury Lady Cust died, probably of childbirth, since her daughter was born in 1771.
1772. Benjamin West (age 33). Portrait of Anna Maria Schutz as the Cumaean Sibyl reading music at a table.
Anna Maria Schutz: In 1749 John Whitwell aka Griffin 4th Baron Howard Walden 1st Baron Braybrooke and she were married.
1772. Benjamin West (age 33). Portrait of Catherine Clayton Baroness Howard de Walden (age 24) as the Perisan Sibyl reading at a table writing.
Catherine Clayton Baroness Howard de Walden: Around 1748 she was born. In 1765 John Whitwell aka Griffin 4th Baron Howard Walden 1st Baron Braybrooke and she were married. The difference in their ages was 28 years. On 15th August 1807 she died.
1772. Benjamin West (age 33). Portrait of John Whitwell aka Griffin 4th Baron Howard Walden 1st Baron Braybrooke (age 52).
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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1772. Benjamin West (age 33). Portrait of Edward Astley 4th Baronet (age 42).
1773. Benjamin West (age 34). Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 29).
Around 1773. Benjamin West (age 34). Portrait of the artist's wife [his wife] Elizabeth Shewell and their son Raphael.
Elizabeth Shewell: In 1765 Benjamin West and she were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map].
1777. Benjamin West (age 38). Portrait of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 32).
1778. Benjamin West (age 39). Portrait of the Mary Palmer Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (age 18).
Mary Palmer Lady Beauchamp-Proctor: In 1760 she was born. On 5th May 1778 Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 2nd Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk. In 1848 she died.
In 1790 Thomas Phillips (age 19) travelled to London with an introduction to Benjamin West (age 51) who found him employment on the painted-glass windows of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map].
1793. Benjamin West (age 54). Self-Portrait.
Before 1795. Benjamin West (age 56). Thomas Grosvenor (age 60).
Around 1801. Benjamin West (age 62). Milkmaids in St James' Park [Map] with Westminster Abbey [Map] Beyond.
Before 1802. Benjamin West (age 63). Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor (age 70).
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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1805. Benjamin West (age 66). Portrait of the artist's wife [his wife] Elizabeth Shewell and their son Benjamin West III.
1812. Benjamin West (age 73). Portrait of John Eardley-Wilmot (age 64).
John Eardley-Wilmot: In 1748 he was born to John Eardley-Wilmot. On 23rd June 1815 John Eardley-Wilmot died in Bengal, India.
1814. Benjamin West (age 75). Portrait of William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland.
On 11th March 1820 Benjamin West (age 81) died.