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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.
Around 1570 Letice Clifford was born to Henry Clifford of Keston in Huntingdonshire.
Before 1599 Thomas Malby of London and Letice Clifford (age 28) were married.
Before 1600 John Rotherham of Semers in Buckinghamshire and Letice Clifford (age 29) were married.
In 1601 Charles Montagu (age 37) and Letice Clifford (age 31) were married.
On 1st June 1601 [her brother-in-law] Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 38) and Catherine Spencer (age 15) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years.
On 29th March 1608 [her brother-in-law] Bishop James Montagu (age 40) was elected Bishop of Bath and Wells.
On 14th May 1608 [her brother-in-law] Bishop James Montagu (age 40) was enthroned Bishop of Bath and Wells at Wells Cathedral [Map].
On 29th August 1611 Letice Clifford (age 41) died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map].
After 29th August 1611. Monument to Letice Clifford (deceased) at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map].
In 1612 [her former husband] Charles Montagu (age 48) and Mary Whitmore (age 37) were married.
On 11th September 1625 [her former husband] Charles Montagu (age 61) died at Barking, Essex. He was buried in Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Barking [Map].