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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.
Petworth is in West Sussex.
Before 25th March 1273 John Percy 8th Baron Percy was born to Henry Percy 7th Baron Percy Topcliffe and Eleanor Warenne Baroness Percy Topcliffe at Petworth.
On 25th March 1273 Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy was born to Henry Percy 7th Baron Percy Topcliffe and Eleanor Warenne Baroness Percy Topcliffe at Petworth.
Around 1303 William Percy was born to Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 29) and Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy (age 19) at Petworth.
On 13th October 1668 Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 66) died at Petworth. He was buried at Petworth. His son Josceline (age 24) succeeded 11th Earl of Northumberland, 14th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 22nd Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 5th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 13th Baron Poynings.
On 2nd December 1748 Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset (age 86) died at Petworth. His son Algernon (age 64) succeeded 7th Duke Somerset, 7th Earl Hertford, 7th Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset, 5th Baron Seymour of Trowbridge. Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 49) by marriage Duchess Somerset.
On 9th July 1755 Frances Wyndham was born to Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont (age 44) and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont (age 29) at Petworth.
On 13th March 1851 Colonel Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote (age 21) and Caroline Sophia Wyndham (age 21) were married at Petworth. They were fifth cousins.
Bartons Lane Cemetery Petworth, West Sussex, South-East England, British Isles
On 19th March 1852 Caroline Sophia Wyndham (age 22) died in childbirth at Drove Westhampnett. She and the child, who died on the same day, were buried at Bartons Lane Cemetery Petworth.
Petworth House, West Sussex, South-East England, British Isles
In September 1583 Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland (age 51) and brothers Charles Paget (age 37) and Thomas Paget 3rd Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 39) met at Petworth House to discuss.
On 11th November 1837 George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 85) died at Petworth House. His nephew George (age 51) succeeded 4th Earl Egremont, 6th Baronet Wyndham of Orchard in Somerset. Jane Roberts Countess Egremont by marriage Countess Egremont. His left Petworth House to his illegitimate son George Wyndham 1st Baron Leconfield (age 50).
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1855-1857. 30th June 1857. June 30 at (Petworth). The pictures by Turner are of the crude yellow sort. The Chain Pier at Brighton being the best. He introduced in the foreground of it a broken basket with some floating turnips, carrots, etc., and as the old butler told me (who was in the house at the time and didn't relish the painter's uncouth manners) was savage when at Lord E. 's suggestion as to their specific gravity, he asked for a tub of water and some of the identical vegetables and found the latter all sank. They were evidently too useful in his picture to be removed.
On 17th February 1872 Charles Wyndham 3rd Baron Leconfield was born to Henry Wyndham 2nd Baron Leconfield (age 41) and Constance Evelyn Primrose Baroness Leconfield (age 25) at Petworth House.
On 4th October 1877 Hugh Wyndham 4th Baron Leconfield was born to Henry Wyndham 2nd Baron Leconfield (age 47) and Constance Evelyn Primrose Baroness Leconfield (age 31) at Petworth House.