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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Addington
On 30th May 1757 Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth was born.
In 1793 [his daughter] Frances Addington was born to Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth (age 35).
On 13th November 1794 [his son] William Leonard Addington 2nd Viscount Sidmouth was born to Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth (age 37).
Around 1797 John Singleton Copley (age 58). Portrait of Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth (age 39).
1803. William Beechey (age 49). Portrait of Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth (age 45).
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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.
On 12th January 1805 Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth (age 47) was created 1st Viscount Sidmouth.
Before 1815 John Singleton Copley (age 76). Portrait of Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth (age 57).
On 20th June 1820 [his son-in-law] George Pellew (age 27) and [his daughter] Frances Addington (age 27) were married.
Around 1822. Thomas Clement Thompson (age 42). Portrait of Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth (age 64).
On 15th February 1844 Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth (age 86) died. His son [his son] William (age 49) succeeded 2nd Viscount Sidmouth.