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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 Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock is in Rock, Worcestershire, Churches in Worcestershire.
1100. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Herefordshire School of Carving. It was commissioned around 1150 by Roger Tosny. The nave and chancel are Norman but the south aisle and tower date from 1510. Restorations were carried out in 1861, 1881 and early in 20th Century.
Roger Tosny: Roger Tosny and Ida aka Gertrude Hainault were married. Around 1104 he was born to Raoul Tosny and Alice Northumbria at Flamstead, Hertfordshire. On 29th September 1157 Roger Tosny died at Flamstead, Hertfordshire.
1200. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Norman Font.
1200. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Carvings of the Herefordshire School of Carving.
1200. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. The North Door.
Around 1400. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Memorial slab of Richard Smith, the last of the Carthusian Rectors.
After 1840. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Memorial to Reverend Henry William Hill, Rector for twenty-eight years.
After 18th March 1853. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Memorial slab of Henry Lingen and his family.
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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.
After 6th March 1857. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Memorial to Leopold Reiss (deceased) and Caroline m Reiss (age 43).
Caroline m Reiss: Around 1814 she was born. Before 9th June 1833 Leopold Reiss and she were married. In 1841 Leopold Reiss and Caroline m Reiss lived at Crumpsall Crescent, Crumpsall, Manchester. On 10th January 1893 she died at Swyncombe, Henley-on-Thames.
After 4th March 1864. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Memorial to George Adney of Harley Towers.
After 1869. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Record of the Resoration of 1861.
1900. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Reredos.
After 1st October 1915. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Memorial to Bombadier Frederick Charles Bird of the Royal Field Artillery who was killed during the landings at Sulva Bay.
After January 1946. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Memorial to Mabel Mawson, Founder and President of the Rcok Women's Institute.