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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.
Dean of Durham is in Dean. See Durham Cathedral [Map].
On 18th November 1553 Bishop Thomas Watson (age 38) was elected Dean of Durham.
In 1561 Ralph Skinner was appointed Dean of Durham.
In 1746 Reverend Spencer Cowper (age 34) was appointed Dean of Durham.
In 1778 William Digby (age 44) was appointed Dean of Durham.
In 1788 Bishop John Hinchliffe (age 57) was appointed Dean of Durham.
On 26th February 1824 Charles Henry Hall (age 61) was installed as Dean of Durham.
On 13th June 1827 Bishop John Jenkinson (age 45) was appointed Dean of Durham, with a salary of £9,000 a year, which position he held with his Bishopric.
Dean John Montagu was appointed Dean of Durham.