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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.
Bishop Thomas Langton was born to Unamed Langton at Appleby-in-Westmoreland [Map].
Around 1464 Cardinal Christopher Bainbridge was born to Reginald Bainbridge and [his sister] Isabella Langton at Hilton, Westmoreland. His uncle was Bishop Thomas Langton.
On 1st July 1480 Bishop Thomas Langton was presented to All Hallows Church, Bread Street.
On 14th May 1482 Bishop Thomas Langton was presented to All Hallows Church, Lombard Street.
Before 9th April 1483 Bishop Thomas Langton was nominated Bishop of St David's. He was consecrated around Aug/Sep 1483.
On 8th February 1485 Bishop Thomas Langton was translated to Bishop of Salisbury.
Patent Rolls. 28th April 1485. Presentation of Cardinal Christopher Bainbridge (age 21) to the parish church of Pembrige, in the diocese of Hereford, void by the resignation of [his uncle] Thomas, Bishop of Salisbury.
In 1493 Bishop Thomas Langton was translated to Bishop of Winchester.
On 22nd January 1501 Bishop Thomas Langton was elected Archbishop of Canterbury but within a week of the plague before being consecrated.
Before 27th January 1501 Bishop Thomas Langton had given 10 pounds towards the construction of Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge [Map].
On 27th January 1501 Bishop Thomas Langton died of plague.