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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.
George Gilbert Scott 1811-1878 is in Architects.
On 13th July 1811 George Gilbert Scott was born.
On 8th October 1839 [his son] George Gilbert Scott was born to George Gilbert Scott (age 28).
1864. All Saints Church, Old Rode was dedicated in 1864 having been designed by George Gilbert Scott (age 52). It was built by John Gallimore of Newcastle under Lyme. The Clerk of the Works was John Savile.
1866. St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map] was begun in 1866 and consecrated in 1870. The architect was George Gilbert Scott (age 54). Some of the stonework from the old church was re-used including the whole of the south porch.
Between 1867 and 1875 St Asaph Cathedral [Map] was subject to restoration by George Gilbert Scott (age 55).
On 27th March 1878 George Gilbert Scott (age 66) died.