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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.
Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire is in Broughton, Oxfordshire.
Around 1428 William Fiennes 2nd Baron Saye and Sele was born to James Fiennes 1st Baron Saye and Sele (age 33) at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire.
Around 1446 Henry Fiennes 3rd Baron Saye and Sele was born to William Fiennes 2nd Baron Saye and Sele (age 18) at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire.
On 1st August 1476 Henry Fiennes 3rd Baron Saye and Sele (age 30) died at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire. His son Richard (age 5) succeeded 4th Baron Saye and Sele.
Around 1500 Edward Fiennes 5th Baron Saye and Sele was born to Richard Fiennes 4th Baron Saye and Sele (age 28) and Elizabeth Croft Baroness Saye and Sele at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire.
In June 1520 Richard Fiennes 6th Baron Saye and Sele was born to Edward Fiennes 5th Baron Saye and Sele (age 20) and Margaret Danvers Baroness Saye and Sele (age 16) at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire.
On 7th March 1527 Edward Fiennes 5th Baron Saye and Sele (age 27) died at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire. His son Richard (age 6) succeeded 6th Baron Saye and Sele.
In 1555 Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Saye and Sele was born to Richard Fiennes 6th Baron Saye and Sele (age 34) at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire.
On 3rd August 1573 Richard Fiennes 6th Baron Saye and Sele (age 53) died at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire. His son Richard (age 18) succeeded 7th Baron Saye and Sele.
On 28th June 1582 William Fiennes 1st Viscount Saye and Sele was born to Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Saye and Sele (age 27) and Constance Kingsmill Baroness Saye and Sele (age 31) at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire.
In February 1613 Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Saye and Sele (age 58) died at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire. His son William (age 30) succeeded 8th Baron Saye and Sele.
On 14th April 1662 William Fiennes 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (age 79) died at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire. His son James (age 60) succeeded 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele, 9th Baron Saye and Sele.