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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 6th August 1820 Henry Thompson 1st Baronet was born.
On 2nd April 1859 [his son] Henry Thompson 2nd Baronet was born to Henry Thompson 1st Baronet (age 38).
1878. Lawrence Alma-Tadema (age 41). Portrait of Henry Thompson 1st Baronet (age 57).
1881. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet (age 51). Portrait of Henry Thompson 1st Baronet (age 60).
On 20th February 1899 Henry Thompson 1st Baronet (age 78) was created 1st Baronet Thompson of Wimpole Street in London.
Before 1904. Louise Jopling nee Goode (age 60). Portrait of Henry Thompson 1st Baronet (age 83).
On 18th April 1904 Henry Thompson 1st Baronet (age 83) died. His son [his son] Henry (age 45) succeeded 2nd Baronet Thompson of Wimpole Street in London.