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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.
Rycote, Oxfordshire is in Oxfordshire.
Around 1158 Alice Fitzroger was born to Roger Fitzrichard 1st Baron Warkworth and Alice Vere Baroness Warkworth at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map].
In September 1566 Henry Norreys 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote (age 41) visited by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 32) at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map].
In 1568 Henry Norreys 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote (age 43) visited by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 34) at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map].
In 1570 Henry Norreys 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote (age 45) visited by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 36) at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map].
In 1572 Henry Norreys 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote (age 47) visited by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 38) at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map].
In September 1592 Henry Norreys 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote (age 67) visited by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 58) at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map].
On 27th June 1601 Henry Norreys 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote (age 76) died at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map]. His grandson Francis (age 21) succeeded 2nd Baron Norreys of Rycote. Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 17) by marriage Baroness Norreys of Rycote.
On 29th January 1622 Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 42) shot himself with a crossbow at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map]; probably deliberately.
On 31st January 1622 he died. He was buried at Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire [Map]. His daughter Elizabeth (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baroness Norreys of Rycote. Earl Berkshire and Viscount Thame extinct.
On 12th October 1745 James Bertie (age 10) was killed in a fire at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map].
St Michael's Church, Rycote, Oxfordshire, South-Central England, British Isles
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 5th August 1601 Henry Norreys 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote was buried at St Michael's Church, Rycote.