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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In 1591 Dean Thomas Turner was born to [his father] Thomas Turner of Heckfield in Hampshire in Reading, Berkshire [Map].
On 26th June 1610 Dean Thomas Turner [aged 19] matriculated St John's College, Oxford University.
On 6th June 1614 Dean Thomas Turner [aged 23] graduated Bachelor of Arts.
On 9th May 1618 Dean Thomas Turner [aged 27] graduated Master of Arts: Oxford University.
In 1623 Dean Thomas Turner [aged 32] was presented to the vicarage of St Giles' Church, Oxford.
On 20th July 1624 Dean Thomas Turner [aged 33] was awarded Bachelor of Divinity.
On 14th April 1629 Dean Thomas Turner [aged 38] was collated by Archbishop William Laud [aged 55] to the Prebend of Newington in St Paul's Cathedral [Map].
In May 1631 Dean Thomas Turner [aged 40] obtained the rectory of St Augustine's in the Gate, but exchanged it on 10th November 1631 for that of Southwark.
On 1st April 1633 Dean Thomas Turner [aged 42] was awarded Doctor of Divinity.
Before 23rd August 1637 Dean Thomas Turner [aged 46] and Margaret Windebank were married.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 23rd August 1637 [his son] Bishop Francis Turner was born to Dean Thomas Turner [aged 46] and [his wife] Margaret Windebank.
On 3rd January 1644 Dean Thomas Turner [aged 53] was appointed Dean of Canterbury.
In September 1645 [his son] Thomas Turner was born to Dean Thomas Turner [aged 54] and [his wife] Margaret Windebank.
On 10th May 1647 [his son] Archdeacon William Turner was born to Dean Thomas Turner [aged 56] and [his wife] Margaret Windebank.
On 8th October 1672 Dean Thomas Turner [aged 81] died. He was buried in the Dean's Chapel Canterbury Cathedral.
John Evelyn's Diary. 20th February 1676. Dr. Gunning [aged 62], Bishop of Ely, preached before the King [aged 45] from St. John xx. 21, 22, 23, chiefly against an anonymous book, called "Naked Truth", a famous and popular treatise against the corruption in the Clergy, but not sound as to its quotations, supposed to have been the Bishop of Hereford and was answered by Dr. Turner, it endeavoring to prove an equality of order of Bishop and Presbyter.
John Evelyn's Diary. 17th June 1683. I dined at the Earl of Sunderland's [aged 41] with the Earls of Bath [aged 54], Castlehaven [aged 66], Lords Viscount Falconberg [aged 56], Falkland [aged 27], Bishop of London, the Grand Master of Malta, brother to the Duke de Vendôme (a young wild spark), and Mr. Dryden [aged 51], the poet. After evening prayer, I walked in the park with my Lord Clarendon, where we fell into discourse of the Bishop of Salisbury (Dr. Seth Ward), his subtlety, etc. Dr. Durell, late Dean of Windsor, being dead, Dr. Turner, one of the Duke's chaplains was made dean.
