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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 14th February 1762 Thomas Botfield was born to Thomas Botfield (age 24) and Margaret Baker (age 32).
In 1790 Thomas Botfield (age 27) commissioned the construction of furnaces at Old Park. By 1815 Old Park was the largest iron works in Shropshire consisting of four blast furnaces, a forge and associated collieries. In 1830 a forge was built at Stirchley and in the next few years two blast furnaces were built in Dark Lane. He owned collieries on Titterstone Clee Hill, as well as several lime kilns there. There were also collieries at Hinksay in Shropshire and Mancott and Sandycroft in Flintshire. He also owned the three paper mills on Hopton Brook. The Upper and the Middle Mills Were near the Woodhouse, an the Lower Mill was in the village.
In 1792 Thomas Botfield (age 29) purchased Hopton Court, Shropshire.
In 1801 [his father] Thomas Botfield (age 63) died.
In 1803 [his mother] Margaret Baker (age 73) died.
In 1825 Thomas Botfield (age 62) had the old church at Hopton Wafers, Shropshire demolished and built the present St Michael and All Angels' Church, Hopton Wafers at his own expense.
On 17th January 1843 Thomas Botfield (age 80) died. He was buried at St Michael and All Angels' Church, Hopton Wafers where he and his wife have a fine monument by Edward Hodges Baily (age 54). His nephew Beriah Botfield (age 35) inherited a life interest in Hopton Court, Shropshire.
Before 22nd January 1843 Thomas Botfield (deceased) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
GrandFather: Beriah Botfield
Father: Thomas Botfield
GrandFather: William Baker of Bromley, Worfield, Shropshire
Mother: Margaret Baker