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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 Leonard, Rodney Stoke is in Rodney Stoke, Somerset, Churches in Somerset.
On 16th February 1471 Thomas Rodney (age 34) died. Monument at Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke [Map].
Thomas Rodney: In 1437 he was born to Walter Rodney and Margaret Hungerford.
After 1630. Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke [Map]. Monument to Anne Lake Baroness Ros of Helmsley (deceased). Finely crafted in Watchet Alabaster. Stuart Hooded Monument.
On 30th November 1651 George Rodney (age 22) died. Monument in the Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke [Map].
George Rodney: On 21st July 1629 he was born to Edward Rodney and Frances Southwell.
On 25th May 1657 Edward Rodney (age 66) died. On 3rd August 1659 Frances Southwell died. Monument in Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke [Map].
Frances Southwell: she was born to Robert Southwell and Elizabeth Howard Countess Carrick. In May 1614 Edward Rodney and she were married at Somerset House and Elizabeth Howard Countess Carrick. They were half fourth cousin twice removed.