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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 7th June 1752 James Lamb aka Burges 1st Baronet was born.
On 19th June 1777 James Lamb aka Burges 1st Baronet (age 25) and Elizabeth Noel were married. There was no issue from the marriage.
On 21st January 1779 [his wife] Elizabeth Noel died.
On 16th December 1780 James Lamb aka Burges 1st Baronet (age 28) and Anne Montolieu (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 8th July 1785 [his son] Charles Montolieu Lamb 2nd Baronet was born to James Lamb aka Burges 1st Baronet (age 33) and [his wife] Anne Montolieu (age 29) at Nantcribba Hall, Forden.
On 31st October 1795 James Lamb aka Burges 1st Baronet (age 43) was created 1st Baronet Burges of Burghfield.
Around 17th October 1810 [his wife] Anne Montolieu (age 54) died.
On 8th September 1812 James Lamb aka Burges 1st Baronet (age 60) and Margaret Lindsay (age 59) were married. She the daughter of James Lindsay 5th Earl Balcarres and Anne Dalrymple Countess Balcarres (age 85).
All About History Books
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.
In 1814 [his wife] Margaret Lindsay (age 61) died.
On 30th June 1815 [his son] Charles Montolieu Lamb 2nd Baronet (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Montgomerie Lady Lamb (age 28) were married. She the daughter of Archibald Montgomerie 11th Earl Eglinton and Frances Twysden.
On 13th October 1824 James Lamb aka Burges 1st Baronet (age 72) died. His son [his son] Charles (age 39) succeeded 2nd Baronet Burges of Burghfield. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Montgomerie Lady Lamb (age 37) by marriage Lady Burges of Burghfield.