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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.
Church of St George, South Acre is in South Acre, Norfolk, Churches in Norfolk.
In 1292 Eudo Harsick Knight Templar died. Possibly his effigy in Church of St George, South Acre [Map].
Eudo Harsick Knight Templar: he was born to Roger Harsick.
In 1324, Hugh Driby, son of Sir Ralph de Driby, released to John, son of Sir John Harsyke, and to Margery his wife, all his right in the manor of Driby in Lincolnshire, and license was granted to this John, to found in the church of St. George [Map] in his manor of South-acre, a chantery, with lands and tenements thereto, to the value of 10 marks per annum.
On 14th November 1381 John Harsick II wrote his will in which he specified he be buried in the chapel of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, in the church of Southacre [Map].
On 7th September 1384 John Harsick III died. Brass in Church of St George, South Acre [Map] of John Harsick III and his wife Catherine Calthorpe holding hands. Great Helm with Feathers. Camail and Jupon Period. His coat of arms Harsick. Her showing 
Harsick Arms impaled with Calthorp Arms. At his feet a lion couchant, at hers a dog couchant. Inscription: Hic iacet Dns. Johes. Harsick Miles eiusoem Nominis tertius, qui obiit Serto die Septembris Ano Dni. Mccclxxxiv. cuius anime propicictur Deus Amen, et Domina Katherina Uxor.
See Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses Volume 1 Norfolk.
Catherine Calthorpe: she was born to Bartholemew Calthorpe. In or before 1384 John Harsick III and she were married. In 1384 John Harsick III made his will on the Wednesday after the decollation of St. John Baptist. He bequeaths several legacies to the Lady Catharine his wife, his eldest son John, and to his son Eudo Harsick, the manor of Stanhow in Norfolk for life, remainder to his son Brian.
Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses Volume 1. Plate X. Sir John Harsyk And Lady, at Southacre [Map], 1384.
Blomefield's Norf. vi. 82. Gough's Sepulch. Monum. i. 146.
In the chapel of our Lady's Assumption, the burial place of the Harsyk family, lies the brass of which I have given an exact representation, but differing in some trifling respects from that given by Gough. On the surcoat of the knight are his arms: the same are repeated on a shield, surmounted by his helmet and crest of turkeys' feathers, placed across the top of the stone. This crest Sir John, his father, was allowed to wear by grant in the thirtieth of Edward III from Sir John Camoys, and bore it in a hoop Or. Sir John married Katharine, daughter and sole heir of Sir Bartholomew Calthorpe, knight, of Gestingthorpe; whose father, Sir Bartholomew, married Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Sir John de Gestingthorpe, of Essex, and, by reason of his inheritance, assumed the arms of Gestingthorpe, Ermine, a maunche gules; and these arms the lady has on her robe, on the dexter side, with her husband's on the sinister.
[Sir John Harsyk was evidently "the Sire de Harsike," who is said, in a Roll of Arms of the time of Edward the Third, to have borne "D'or au chief du sable endenté de quatre points." The inscription on this brass exhibits one of the rare instances of persons, who bore the same baptismal name as their ancestors, being designated as the "second" or "third" of their family. This Sir John Harsyk, who is there described as " tercius, " made his Will on the 14th November 1381, by which he ordered his body to be buried in the chapel of the Assumption of the Blessed Mary in the church of Southacre . He bequeathed 40 shillings to paint a tablet of the History of the Assumption, to be placed in the said chapel; and mentioned his wife Katharine, his son and heir John Harsyk, and two other sons . Harleian MS . No. 10. N. ]
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Around 1450. Church of St George, South Acre [Map].
On Sunday after the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, 1453, and proved 8th of April, 1454; Roger Harsick desires to be buried in the chancel of South-acre [Map]; bequeaths to the fraternity of St. Mary at Dunham 6s. 8d. to the churches of Wickmere [Map] and Calthorp, 13s. 4d. to Edmund his brother 5 marks, and to the Lady Margaret Harsyk his sister a legacy.
In June 1534 Thomas Leman died. Rector of Church of St George, South Acre [Map] from 1502 to 1534. Inscription: Orate pro anima Domini Thome Leman, quandam Rectoris istius Ecclesie qui obiit r Die Mensis Junii, an Mcccccxxxiiii, cuius anime propicietur Deus.
Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses Volume 2. Plate CII. Thomas Leman, at Southacre [Map], 1534.
Blomefield’s Norf. vi. 83.
Another bachelor of arts, but with what appears to be a cassock, in addition to his gown. He is to be noticed as being the first without the tonsure. In this year the authority of the Pope in this kingdom was formally renounced by Parliament, to which, perhaps, may be attributed the alteration which from this time took place in the hair of the clergy. He was rector of Southacre thirty-two years.
On 14th March 1629 Robert Barkham (age 75) died. He was buried in Church of St George, South Acre [Map].
Robert Barkham: Around 1554 he was born to Robert Edward Barkham and Jane Frances Berney.
On 15th January 1634 Edward Barkham (age 64) died. His eldest son Edward Barkham 1st Baronet (age 42) inherited all his estates except Waynflete which were inherited by his younger son Robert Barkham (age 35). In 1652 Jane Crouch (age 61) died.
Church of St George, South Acre [Map].
A very rich and stately altar monument, of marble and alabaster, ornamented with several deaths heads, bones, &c. in basso-relievo, on this rests a large black marble slab, supported at each corner by a column of black marble of the Dorick order; on this slab lies a mat or bass of alabaster, curiously carved; and on that lie the statues of Sir Edward Barkham and his lady, on their backs, in their full length and proportions in alabaster, Sir Edward in armour, and (what is somewhat incompatible) with his scarlet gown and golden chain about his neck, as Lord Mayor of London, over his armour; so that the statuary was of the same opinion with the Roman orator, Cedant arma togœ (Let the arms yield to the toga or Let the sword yield to the toga); he has also a book in his right hand, and rests his head on a cushion: his lady is in a dress agreeable to the age she lived in, her hands across, and rests her head on a cushion; at the head and foot of this monument are the effigies of two sons (Edward Barkham 1st Baronet and Robert Barkham) and three daughters (Elizabeth Barkham Lady Garrard, Margaret Barkham (age 29) and Jane Barkham (age 38) Note. one daughter Susan Barkham had predeceased her father) all kneeling on cushions. To this monument is a wall-piece of the same materials, on the summit of which is this shield, argent, three pallets gules over all a chevron or, Barkham; and under it this motto, diligentia, fortunæmater (fortune, prosper through diligence, care, economy); on each side of this, is a figure; that on the right hand representing Victory, with a laurel crown in her right hand, and on the pedestal that supports her, Barkham impaling quarterly 1&4, arg. on a pale sable three crosses pattee, or, in a bordure engrailed of the 2d, Crouch; in the 2&3 arg. on a chevron sable three helmets closed, or, Scot: the figure on the left hand is, a skeleton representing death, and on the pedestal the arms of Crouch and Scott quarterly, and by these figures are two hour-glasses with wings.
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In July 1667 Francis Berney died. She was buried at Church of St George, South Acre [Map].
On 2nd August 1667 Edward Barkham 1st Baronet (age 75) died. He was buried at Church of St George, South Acre [Map]. His son Edward (age 39) succeeded 2nd Baronet Barkham of South Acre in Norfolk. Frances Napier Lady Barkham (age 34) by marriage Lady Barkham of South Acre in Norfolk.
On 11th July 1673 Penelope Barkham (age 8) died. She was buried at Church of St George, South Acre [Map]. Inscription: Hic jacet Penelope, filia Domini Edwardi Barkham Baronetti (age 45), et Franciscæ (age 40) uxor is sue, qui quidem Penelope, Ætate Puellula, sed Prudentiâ, Pietate, Virtute Matrona omnibus satis, Parentibus nimis, et Deo maxime chara, terras reliquit, ad Nuptias Agni vocata Julij 11, 1673, Annoq; Ætatis suæ, Octavo.
Penelope Barkham: In 1665 she was born to Edward Barkham 2nd Baronet and Frances Napier Lady Barkham.
Edward Barkham 2nd Baronet: In 1628 he was born to Edward Barkham 1st Baronet and Francis Berney. On 28th June 1660 Edward Barkham 2nd Baronet and Frances Napier Lady Barkham were married. She by marriage Edward Barkham 2nd Baronet. On 2nd August 1667 Edward Barkham 1st Baronet died. He was buried at Church of St George, South Acre succeeded 2nd Baronet Barkham of South Acre in Norfolk. Frances Napier Lady Barkham by marriage Lady Barkham of South Acre in Norfolk. In 1688 Edward Barkham 2nd Baronet died. His brother William succeeded 3rd Baronet Barkham of South Acre in Norfolk.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On or before 19th November 1706 Frances Napier Lady Barkham (age 73) died. She was buried at the Church of St George, South Acre [Map] where there is an inscription "Novembris 19: Sepulta Domina Francisca Relicta Dmi Edwardi Barkham Baronelli: et postea Dmi Henrici Rychardson Baronis De Cramon".
On 20th August 1914 Reverend Edmund Thomas Daubeney (age 74) died. On 30th March 1926 Mary Castle (age 74) died. They were buried in churchyard of Church of St George, South Acre [Map].
Reverend Edmund Thomas Daubeney: On 14th July 1840 he was born to Edmund Joseph Daubeney. Before 20th August 1914 he and Mary Castle were married.
Mary Castle: Around 1840 she was born.
On 19th December 1942 Lieutenant Andrew Jervis Hawkins (age 21) was killed while flying in the service of his country. Memorial in Church of St George, South Acre [Map].
Lieutenant Andrew Jervis Hawkins: On 23rd March 1921 he was born at South Acre, Norfolk.