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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Paternal Family Tree: Archer
On 21st September 1581 Simon Archer was born.
Before 1619 Simon Archer (age 37) and Anne Ferrers were married.
On or before 14th January 1619, the date he was baptised, [his son] Thomas Archer was born to Simon Archer (age 37) and [his wife] Anne Ferrers. He married before 1650 Anne Leigh and had issue.
On 12th August 1624 Simon Archer (age 42) was knighted at Warwick Castle [Map].
In 1626 Simon Archer (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.
In April 1640 Simon Archer (age 58) was elected MP Tamworth during the Short Parliament.
Before 1650 [his son] Thomas Archer (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Leigh (age 16) were married.
In 1654 Simon Archer (age 72) purchased at Lord Leycester Hotel, Jury Street, Warwick.
Before 4th June 1662 Simon Archer (age 80) died.
[his son] John Archer was born to Simon Archer and Anne Ferrers.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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[his daughter] Anne Archer was born to Simon Archer and Anne Ferrers.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Archer was born to Simon Archer and Anne Ferrers.
[his daughter] Penelope Archer was born to Simon Archer and Anne Ferrers.