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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.
Harold Speed 1872-1957 is in Painters.
On 11th February 1872 Harold Speed was born.
1909. Harold Speed (age 36). Portrait of William Holman Hunt (age 81).
1912. Harold Speed (age 39). Portrait of Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey (age 75).
1913. Harold Speed (age 40). Portrait of Edmund Antrobus (age 26), in the Uniform of a Grenadier Guard.
Edmund Antrobus: On 23rd December 1886 he was born to Edmund Antrobus 4th Baronet and Florence Caroline Mathilde Sartoris Lady Antrobus. On 24th October 1914 Edmund Antrobus was killed in action. The Germans made a determined effort to break through on the left of the Grenadiers near Kruiseik, and the Company made a counterattack. He was killed fighting with his platoon. He was buried at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, CWGC Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
1914. Harold Speed (age 41). Portrait of George Wyndham.
George Wyndham: On 29th August 1863 he was born to Percy Scawen Wyndham and Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Campbell. In 1887 George Wyndham and Sibell Mary Lumley were married. She the daughter of Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. On 8th June 1913 George Wyndham died in Paris [Map].
1927 to 1924. Harold Speed (age 54). Portrait of Edward Grey 1st Viscount Fallodon (age 64).
1928. Harold Speed (age 55). Portrait of Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 20).
Around 1945. Harold Speed (age 72). Portrait of Ronald Kay-Shuttleworth 3rd Baron Shuttleworth.
Ronald Kay-Shuttleworth 3rd Baron Shuttleworth: On 7th October 1917 he was born to Captain Lawrence Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth and Selina Adine Bridgeman. On 8th August 1940 Richard Kay-Shuttleworth 2nd Baron Shuttleworth was killed in action when his Hawker Hurricane went missing during a battle over a convoy in the English Channel, south of the Isle of Wight. He was a Flying Officer with 145 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Service No: 70356. His brother Ronald succeeded 3rd Baron Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe in Lancashire, 4th Baronet Kay-Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe Hall in Lancashire. On 17th November 1942 Ronald Kay-Shuttleworth 3rd Baron Shuttleworth was killed in action. He was buried at the Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery, Tabarka, Jandūbah, Tunisia. His half first cousin Charles succeeded 4th Baron Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe in Lancashire, 5th Baronet Kay-Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe Hall in Lancashire.
Around 1945. Harold Speed (age 72). Portrait of Richard Kay-Shuttleworth 2nd Baron Shuttleworth.
Richard Kay-Shuttleworth 2nd Baron Shuttleworth: On 30th October 1913 he was born to Captain Lawrence Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth and Selina Adine Bridgeman. On 20th December 1939 Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth 1st Baron Shuttleworth died. His grandson Richard succeeded 2nd Baron Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe in Lancashire, Richard Kay-Shuttleworth 2nd Baron Shuttleworth, 3rd Baronet Kay-Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe Hall in Lancashire.
On 20th March 1957 Harold Speed (age 85) died.