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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Hubert Von Herkomer is in Painters.
On 26th March 1849 Hubert Von Herkomer was born.
Around 1880. Hubert von Herkomer 1849 1914 [aged 30]. Portrait of Arthur Hallam Elton 7th Baronet [aged 61].
Arthur Hallam Elton 7th Baronet: On 19th April 1818 he was born. On 14th October 1883 he died.
1884. Hubert von Herkomer 1849 1914 [aged 34]. "The Lady in White" aka Miss Katherine Grant [aged 19]. Christie's: "Purchased from the artist in 1900 by Hugh Greenwood Hammersley [aged 25] (1858-1930), by whom given to his sister-in-law Miss Katherine Grant (1865-1952), until 1924, when purchased by her niece's husband Colonel Ian Anderson, and thence by descent." The picture appears to be erroneously referred to in Adela Grant's obituary.
Katherine Grant: In 1865 she was born to General Owen Grant.
Hugh Greenwood Hammerlsey: In September 1858 he was born. Before 1900 he and Mary Frances Grant were married. On 11th August 1911 he died.
1884. Hubert von Herkomer 1849 1914 [aged 34]. Portrait of Jane "Jennie" Anna Maria Wetton Lady Stanford.
Jane "Jennie" Anna Maria Wetton Lady Stanford: she was born to Henry Champion Wetton of Joldwynds in Surrey. In April 1878 Charles Villiers Stanford and she were married to the disapproval of his father.
The Royal Academy Conversazione, 1891, by George Henry Grenville Manton [aged 36].
John Seymour Lucas, Dame Alice Ellen Terry [aged 43], Sir William Quiller Orchardson, Rachel, Countess of Dudley [aged 23], Marcus Stone, Henry Stacy Marks, Sir Henry Irving, Unidentified man, Unidentified man, Sir John Everett Millais [aged 61], William Charles Thomas Dobson.
Unidentified woman, James Sant, William Powell Frith, Sir Hubert von Herkomer [aged 41], Unidentified woman, Briton Riviere, Unidentified man, John Pettie, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema [aged 54], Frederic Leighton [aged 60], Baron Leighton.
Philip Hermogenes Calderon, Walter William Ouless, Thomas Faed, Robert Walker Macbeth, Edward Onslow Ford [aged 38], William Frederick Yeames, Unidentified woman, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones [aged 57], Unidentified man.
Mary Anderson, John Calcott Horsley, possibly Joanna Margaret Hadley, Unidentified man, Henry Tanworth Wells, possibly Alice Joanna Street, Marion Harry Spielmann, Unidentified woman.
1897. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 47]. Portrait of George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon [aged 69].
1897. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 47]. Portrait of Julia Charlotte Sophia Stewart-Mackenzie Marchoness Tweedale [aged 50].
Julia Charlotte Sophia Stewart-Mackenzie Marchoness Tweedale: On 21st June 1846 she was born to Keith William Stewart-Mackenzie. On 8th October 1873 Arthur Hay 9th Marquess Tweedale and she were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of George Hay 8th Marquess Tweedale and Susan Montagu Marchioness Tweddale. On 10th October 1876 George Hay 8th Marquess Tweedale died. His son Arthur succeeded 9th Marquess Tweeddale. She by marriage Marchioness Teviotdale. On 17th May 1937 Julia Charlotte Sophia Stewart-Mackenzie Marchoness Tweedale died.
1897. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 47]. Portrait of George Canning Harris 4th Baron Harris [aged 45].
George Canning Harris 4th Baron Harris: On 3rd February 1851 he was born to George Harris 3rd Baron Harris at St Ann's, Trinidad. On 23rd November 1872 George Harris 3rd Baron Harris died. His son George succeeded 4th Baron Harris of Seringapatam and Mysore and of Belmont in Kent. On 8th July 1874 George Canning Harris 4th Baron Harris and Lucy Ada Jervis Baroness Harris were married. She by marriage Baroness Harris of Seringapatam and Mysore and of Belmont in Kent. On 24th March 1932 George Canning Harris 4th Baron Harris died. His son George succeeded 5th Baron Harris of Seringapatam and Mysore and of Belmont in Kent. Dorothy Mary Crookes Lady Harris by marriage Baroness Harris of Seringapatam and Mysore and of Belmont in Kent.
1898. Hubert von Herkomer 1849 1914 [aged 48]. Portrait of William Waldorf Astor 1st Viscount Astor [aged 49].
1898. Hubert von Herkomer 1849 1914 [aged 48]. Portrait of Richard Horner Paget 1st Baronet [aged 65].
Richard Horner Paget 1st Baronet: On 14th March 1832 he was born to John Moore Paget of Cranmore in Somerset and Elizabeth Jane Doveton. On 13th November 1866 he and Caroline Isabel Surtees were married. On 3rd February 1908 he died. He was buried at St Aldhelm's Church, Doulting. His son Richard succeeded 2nd Baronet Paget of Cranmore Hall in Somerset. Muriel Finch-Hatton Lady Paget by marriage Lady Paget of Cranmore Hall in Somerset.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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1899. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 49]. Portrait of Amy Hislop Lady Tate [aged 49].
Amy Hislop Lady Tate: Around 1850 she was born to Charles Hislop of Brixton Hill. On 8th October 1885 Henry Tate 1st Baronet and she were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.
1901. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 51]. Portrait of Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton [aged 68].
1903. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 53]. Portrait of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 20th Earl of Shrewsbury 5th Earl Talbot [aged 42].
Before 1904. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 54]. Portrait of George Frederick Watts [aged 86].
1911. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 61]. Portrait of John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 76].
1911 to 1912. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 61]. Portrait of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury.
1914. Hubert von Herkomer 1849 1914 [aged 64]. Portrait of John "Jacky" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher [aged 72].
1914. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 64]. Portrait of George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 54].
On 31st March 1914 Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 65] died.