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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.
In 1815 Joseph Causton was born.
On 15th October 1840 Joseph Causton (age 25) and Mary Anne Porter (age 27) were married.
On 25th September 1843 [his son] Richard Knight Causton 1st Baron Southwark was born to Joseph Causton (age 28) and [his wife] Mary Anne Porter (age 30).
In 1867 Joseph Causton (age 52) was elected Alderman of London.
In 1869 Joseph Causton (age 54) was elected Sheriff of London.
On 11th December 1869 Joseph Causton (age 54) was appointed Knight Bachelor.
On 27th May 1871 Joseph Causton (age 56) died.
In 1892 [his former wife] Mary Anne Porter (age 79) died.