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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.
St John the Baptist's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne is in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map], Churches in Northumberland.
St John the Baptist's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map] is a 13th-century church.
On 15th March 1729, or 1730, Henry Askew of Redheugh was born. He was baptised at St John the Baptist's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map] on 21st April 1730.
In the 1730s composer Charles Avison was appointed Organist at St John the Baptist's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map]. At the time he was living on Rosemary Lane.
In 1778 Anne Fisher was buried in the churchyard of St John the Baptist's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map].
On 18th March 1792 Dorothy Boultby (age 52) died. Memorial at the Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map]. She was buried at St John the Baptist's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map].
Dorothy Boultby: Around 1740 she was born to Adam Boultyby of Whitby. Before 18th March 1792 Henry Askew of Redheugh and she were married.
On 10th March 1796 Henry Askew of Redheugh (age 66) died. He was buried at St John the Baptist's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map]. He was buried on 23rd March 1796. Memorial at the Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map] sculpted by Henry Webber (age 41).
Henry Askew of Redheugh: On 15th March 1729, or 1730, he was born. He was baptised at St John the Baptist's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map] on 21st April 1730.