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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William Hilton is in Painters.
On 3rd June 1786 William Hilton was born to [his father] William Hilton (age 34) at Vicar's Court, Lincoln Cathedral Close. He was baptised at St Mary le Wigford Church, Lincoln.
Before 1820. William Hilton (age 33). Portrait of the poet John Clare.
Before 1821. William Hilton (age 34). Portrait of the poet John Keats (age 25).
Before 1821. William Hilton (age 34). Portrait of the poet John Keats (age 25).
Before 1822. William Hilton (age 35). Portrait of the artist's father [his father] William Hilton (age 69).
William Hilton: In 1752 he was born. In 1822 he died.
In 1822 [his father] William Hilton (age 70) died.
On 26th February 1828 William Hilton (age 41) and Justinia Kent (age 26) were married.
Before 1835. William Hilton (age 48). Portrait of the artist's wife [his wife] Justinia Kent (age 33).
Justinia Kent: On or before 13th September 1801, the day she was baptised at St Mark's Church, Lincoln, she was born to Reverend George Davies Kent and Anne Chaplin. On 26th February 1828 William Hilton and she were married. In 1835 she died.
Before 1835. William Hilton (age 48). Portrait of the artist's wife [his wife] Justinia Kent (age 33).
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1835 [his wife] Justinia Kent (age 33) died.
Before 1839. William Hilton (age 52). Portrait of the artist's sister [his sister] Harriet Hilton (age 47).
Harriet Hilton: In 1791 she was born to William Hilton. In 1866 she died.
Before 1839. William Hilton (age 52). Self-Portrait.
Before 1839. William Hilton (age 52). Self-Portrait.
Before 1839. William Hilton (age 52). Portrait of the artist's sister [his sister] Harriet Hilton (age 47).
On 30th December 1839 William Hilton (age 53) died. Monument at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].