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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.

Sherborne, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Sherborne, Dorset is in Dorset.

In March 1253 Humphrey Beauchamp was born to Robert V Beauchamp (age 36) and Alice Mohun (age 25) at Sherborne, Dorset [Map].

On 25th October 1265 Robert V Beauchamp (age 48) died at Sherborne, Dorset [Map].

On 27th November 1752 William Digby 5th Baron Digby (age 91) died at Sherborne, Dorset [Map]. His grandson Edward (age 22) succeeded 6th Baron Digby of Geashill in County Offaly.

Bradford Abbas, Dorset, Sherborne, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Sherborne Castle, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Sherborne Castle is also in Castles in Dorset.

In 1297 John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 28) lived the Sheriff of Dorset having been ordered by the King to provide housing at Sherborne Castle [Map].

In 1645 John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 59) was captured for supprting the King's cause during the Civil War at Sherborne Castle [Map].

On 18th September 1698 William Digby 5th Baron Digby (age 37) inherited Sherborne Castle [Map].

Sherborne Lake, Sherborne Castle, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Sherborne Railway Station, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

St Augustine's Hospital, Sherborn, Sherborne, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles

1803. John Buckler (age 32). St Augustine's Hospital, Sherborn.

Thornford, Dorset, Sherborne, South-West England, British Isles [Map]