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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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James Thomson is in Engravers.
On or before 5th May 1788, the date he was baptised at the Church of St Mary Magadalene, Mitford [Map], James Thomson was born to James Thomson, the vicar of the church.
Between 1800 and 1825. James Thomson (age 11). Portrait of Hannah Althea Grey (age 15).
Hannah Althea Grey: In 1785 she was born to Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey and Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey. On 30th October 1809 Edward Ellice and she were married. She the daughter of Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey and Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey. In 1832 Hannah Althea Grey died.
On 26th December 1822 [his daughter] Anne Thomson was born to James Thomson (age 34) and [his future wife] Diana Lloyd. She married 1846 Frederick Goodall.
1825. James Thomson (age 36). Portrait of Elizabeth de St Michel [Elisabeth Pepys] after a 1666 painting (now destroyed) by John Hayls.
1826. James Thomson (age 37). Portrait of Anne Andrews Marchioness of Winchester (age 53).
Anne Andrews Marchioness of Winchester: In 1773 she was born to John Andrews of Shotley Hall. On 31st July 1800 Charles Burroughs-Paulet 13th Marquess Winchester and she were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. He the son of George Paulett 12th Marquess Winchester and Martha Ingoldsby Marchioness Winchester. In 1841 she died.
In 1846 [his son-in-law] Frederick Goodall (age 23) and [his daughter] Anne Thomson (age 23) were married. She the daughter of James Thomson (age 57) and [his future wife] Diana Lloyd.
Before 27th September 1850 James Thomson (age 62) and Diana Lloyd were married.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 27th September 1850 James Thomson (age 62) died at his home in Albany Street, Regent's Park.