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The 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On or before 25th September 1864 Agatha Cox was born to Homersham Cox. She was baptised on 25th September 1864 at St Mary's Church Fetcham, Surrey.
Around May 1884 William Hamo Thornycroft (age 34) and Agatha Cox (age 19) were married at Tonbridge, Kent [Map]. He the son of Thomas Thornycroft (age 68) and Mary Francis (age 75).
In 1891 [her husband] William Hamo Thornycroft (age 40) was living at 18 Wynnstay Gardens, Kensington [Map] with his wife Agatha Cox (age 26) with two children Oliver and Joan.
In 1891 [her daughter] Rosalind Thornycroft was born to [her husband] William Hamo Thornycroft (age 40) and Agatha Cox (age 26).
In 1901 [her husband] William Hamo Thornycroft (age 50) was living at The Chalet, Redington Road, Hampstead with his wife Agatha Cox (age 36) with two children Joan (12) and Rosalind (9).
In 1911 [her husband] William Hamo Thornycroft (age 60) was living at The Chalet, Redington Road, Hampstead with his wife Agatha Cox (age 46) with four children Oliver (25), Joan (25), Rosalind (22) and Elfrida (9).
On 18th December 1925 [her husband] William Hamo Thornycroft (age 75) died. He was buried at Wolvercote Cemetery Oxford [Map].
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1926 [her son-in-law] Arthur E Hugh Popham (age 36) and [her daughter] Rosalind Thornycroft (age 35) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] William Hamo Thornycroft and Agatha Cox (age 61).
In 1958 Agatha Cox (age 93) died.