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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.

Biography of John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope 1829-1908

Maternal Family Tree: Jane Bond 1776

John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope 1829-1908 is in Painters.

In 1822 [his father] John Spencer-Stanhope (age 34) and [his mother] Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke (age 26) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 67) and [his grandmother] Jane Dutton.

On 20th January 1829 John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope was born to John Spencer-Stanhope (age 41) and Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke (age 33).

1859. John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 29). "Thoughts of the Past".

On 10th January 1859 John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 29) and Elizabeth King were married after which they lived at Hillhouse, Cawthorne until their house Sandroyd House, Cobham was completed.

In 1860 [his son] Mary Spencer-Stanhope was born to John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 30) and [his wife] Elizabeth King.

Around 1860. John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 30). "Robins of Modern Times".

1863. John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 33). "Juliet and her Nurse".

1864. John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 34). "Rispah". See The Athenæum, Second Book of Samuel, Chapter 21, Verses 8-11 and The Illustrated London News.

1864. John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 34). "Penelope". See The Athenæum and The Illustrated London News

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.

The Athenaeum 1864. 14th May 1864. Mr. R. S. Stanhope (age 35) may be styled the youngest in the list of artists who establish themselves this: year. His Rispa (No. 33) is a very expressive and poetical representation of the well known theme of the daughter of Aiah watching the bodies of her sons and those of the sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul. The face of the woman is admirably conceived. Penelope (476), by the same, — wife of Ulysses at her loom, — has much execellent colour in its flesh; the treatment of the draperies, although rather thin, is original and careful. The face of the woman in blue does Mr. Stanhope great credit [?] in painting and conception. In these pictures the artist has been eminently successful with the backgrounds, not alone in the vigorous colour they exhibit, but in the pathetic and apt expressiveness which fits them to the subjects.

In 1867 [his son] Mary Spencer-Stanhope (age 7) died of scarlet fever. She was buried at the English Cemetery, Florence. Her headstone was designed by her father.

Around 1872. John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 42). "Procris and Cephalus".

On 30th October 1873 [his mother] Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke (age 78) died.

On 8th November 1873 [his father] John Spencer-Stanhope (age 86) died. [his brother] Walter Spencer-Stanhope (age 45) inherited Cannon Hall, South Yorkshire.

Around 1877. John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 47). "Love and the Maiden".

Around 1880. John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 50). "Morgan le Fay".

In 1880 John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 50) moved to Florence, Tuscany.

Before 1908. John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 78). "Andromeda".

Before 1908. John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 78). "Patience Smiling at Grief".

On 2nd August 1908 John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope (age 79) died.

Royal Ancestors of John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope 1829-1908

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope 1829-1908

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Stanhope

GrandFather: Walter Spencer-Stanhope

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Spencer of Cannon Hall

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ann Spencer

Father: John Spencer-Stanhope

Great x 2 Grandfather: Wingate Pulleine of Carleton Hall

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Babington Pulleine

GrandMother: Mary Winifred Pulleine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Collingwood

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Collingwood

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Collingwood of Byker and Dissington

Great x 1 Grandmother: Winifred Collingwood

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Roddam of Roddam and Chirton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Roddam

John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Roberts

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gabriel Roberts

Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Dashwood

Great x 2 Grandfather: Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Roberts 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Wenman 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Wenman 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fettiplace 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Wenman Roberts aka Coke 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Coke 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Coke 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Osborne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Coke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Newton 3rd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Carey Newton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Abigail Heveningham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Chamberlayne of Wardington

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Chamberlayne

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chamberlayne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Rear-Admiral Thomas Hardy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Constance Hardy

Mother: Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Naper

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Naper

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Lenox Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Dutton 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Duncombe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Dutton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Barwick

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Barwick Lady Dutton

GrandMother: Jane Dutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Bond

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Bond