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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.
On 16th November 1844 Edgar Jacob was born to Philip Jacob.
In 1878 Edgar Jacob (age 33) was appointed Vicar of Portsea which office he held until 1896.
In 1890 Edgar Jacob (age 45) was appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 70).
On 25th January 1896 Edgar Jacob (age 51) was consecrated Bishop of Newcastle upon Tyne.
In May 1903 Bishop Edgar Jacob (age 58) was translated to Bishop of St Albans in which office he remained until December 1919 when he retired.
On 25th March 1920 Bishop Edgar Jacob (age 75) died at the Hospital of St Cross, Winchester [Map]. Memorial at the Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map].