Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.
Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
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.
William Bell 1733-1794 is in Painters.
In 1733 William Bell was born.
1770. William Bell (age 37). Portrait of John Delaval (age 14), as an Archer, with a Black Page, in a Landscape Setting.
John Delaval: In 1756 he was born to John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. In 1775 John Delaval died.
1770. William Bell (age 37). Portrait of Sophia Anne Delaval (age 15).
Sophia Anne Delaval: In 1755 she was born to John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. In 1780 John Godfrey Maximillian Jadis and she were married. The age difference, and difference in social status, perhaps a reflection of her having been pregnant On 26th July 1793 Sophia Anne Delaval died. She was buried at St Peter's Church, Doddington [Map].
1770. William Bell (age 37). Portrait of Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval (age 40), Lady Delaval, as Venus, beside an Urn on a Pedestal, in a Landscape Setting.
Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval: Around 1730 she was born to Ralph Robinson of Gateshead and Margaret Delaval. In or before 1755 John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and she were married. They were first cousins. On 1st October 1783 she died.
1771. William Bell (age 38). Portrait of sisters Frances Delaval (age 12) and Sarah Hussey Delaval Countess Tyrconnel (age 8).
Frances Delaval: In 1759 she was born to John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval at Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland%. On 22nd August 1778 John Fenton-Cawthorne and she were married. In 1839 Frances Delaval died.
1774. William Bell (age 41). Portrait of John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval (age 45), in Van Dyck Dress.
1774. William Bell (age 41). Portrait of Elizabeth Delaval Baroness Audley (age 17), Playing a Lyre in a Landscape.
Elizabeth Delaval Baroness Audley: In 1757 she was born to John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. On 21st May 1781 George Thicknesse 19th Baron Audley 16th Baron Tuchet and she were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire. On 11th July 1785 Elizabeth Delaval Baroness Audley died.
1775. William Bell (age 42). View of the South (Park) Front of Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map].
1775. William Bell (age 42). View of the North (Entrance) Front of Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map].
In 1794 William Bell (age 61) died.