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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.
William Blake Richmond 1842-1921 is in Painters.
On 29th November 1842 William Blake Richmond was born.
In December 1854 Henry Holiday (age 15) entered the Royal Academy Schools as a probationer. His fellow students included Simeon Solomon (age 14), Albert Moore (age 13), William Blake Richmond (age 12), William De Morgan (age 15), Frederick Walker, and Marcus Stone (age 14).
Around 1885. William Blake Richmond (age 42). Portrait of William Morris (age 50).
1886. William Blake Richmond (age 43). "The Slave". Model Fanny Entwhistle aka Eaton (age 50).
1890. William Blake Richmond (age 47). Portrait of Bishop Arthur Hervey (age 81).
Bishop Arthur Hervey: On 20th August 1808 he was born to Frederick William Hervey 1st Marquess of Bristol and Elizabeth Albana Upton. On 18th November 1869 he was appointed Bishop of Bath and Wells. On 9th June 1894 Bishop Arthur Hervey died.
1906. The Gladstone Chapel, Church of St Deniol was designed by William Blake Richmond (age 63). Details ot the Windows; by James Powell and Sons after designs by Sir William Richmond RA.
Before 1921. William Blake Richmond (age 78). Portrait of Helen Gladstone (age 71).
On 11th February 1921 William Blake Richmond (age 78) died.