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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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Cheyne Walk is in Chelsea.
Cheyne Walk was named after William Cheyne 2nd Viscount Newhaven.
Around 1850. Henry Pether (age 50). Cheyne Walk in Chelsea, London, by Moonlight.
Around July 1969 Keith Richards (age 25) and Anita Pallenburg (age 27) moved to 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
On 22nd December 1880 Mary Anne Evans aka George Eliot (age 61) died at her house 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea
David Lloyd George lived at 10 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
David Lloyd George lived at 10 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1863. 2nd January 1863. Friday. 16 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
My dear Rose (age 43)
I have asked Whistler to dinner Thursday next at 6. Will you meet him?
Your
D G Rossetti (age 34)
Next Wednesday will do well for the Deed of Partnership
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1863. 9th December 1863. 16 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
My dear Leathart (age 43),
The picture of Whistler's (age 29) which I mentioned was the unfinished Chinese one, since bought by Gambart (age 49) & which was, as I thought, the one about which you wished to know.
The Thames picture is still unsold, and on enquiring of Whistler I find its price is 300 guineas. It is the noblest of all the pictures he has done hitherto, and is the one for your collection.
regards Legros' works, I yesterday saw for the first time a picture he is doing now, of Hamlet in his mother's chamber, where he kills Polonius, about 20 inches by 15 I suppose in size, it may be rather more, and a truly admirable work, the finest he has done in London as yet. He intends to ask 45 guineas for it. It is so very cheap proportionately to the other that I am induced to mention it to you, since it is a work which will stand the proximity of anything whatever, being most full & luminous in colour, though, like all his work, low in tone.
With kind remembrances to Mrs. Leathart[8].
I remain my dear Leathart
Yours ever truly
D G Rossetti (age 35)
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti lived at 16 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
19 to 26 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea cover the site of the original Chelsea Palace afterwards the residence of Hans Sloane 1st Baronet.
Ian Fleming lived at 24 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
Bram Stoker lived at 27 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
During the 1960s Mick Jagger (age 16) and Marianne Faithfull (age 13) lived at 48 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
In 1895 John Tweed (age 25) moved to 108 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea with his wife Edith Clinton, secretary to the National Society for Women's Suffrage. They lived there for rest of his life.
On 19th December 1851 Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 76) died of 'natural decay' at the home of Sophia Caroline Booth at his cottage 119 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea aka Davis Place, Cremorne Road. He was buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
Around 1771 Belle Vue House 92 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea was constructed.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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1873. Alice Boyd 14th of Penkill (age 48). Cappella di S. Clemente [Chapel of San Clemente/S Marks, Venice]. On a label attached to the reverse "Painted by Alice Boyd Bellevue House, Chelsea".
Lindsey House Cheyne Walk, Chelsea was subsequently divided into 96-101 Cheyne Walk.
On 1st May 1729 Brownlow Bertie 5th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 43) and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven at Lindsey House Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. He married (1) 11th November 1762 Harriot Pitt (2) 2nd January 1769 Mary Anne Layard and had issue.
98 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea was the home of Marc Isambard Brunel and also his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel.