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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 le Poer Church, Broad Street is in Broad Street.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 23rd February 1559. The xxiij day of Feybruary was bered at Alder .... my lady Roche, the wyff of ser Wylliam Roche draper, latte mare of London; and he was bered at santt Peters Powre be-syd frere Augustynes.
Note. P. 190. Funeral of lady Roche. Sir William Roche was lord mayor in 1541, and buried in St. Peter's le Poor in Broad street (Smith's List), where the body of his wife was laid by his side.
On 3rd May 1562 Gabriel Fowler and Elizabeth Moore (age 18) were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
On 4th November 1566 Henry Killigrew (age 38) and Katherine Cooke were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
In 1571 Thomas Hales of Thanington in Kent was born to Charles Hales (age 26) and Anne Honywood (age 26) at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
On 7th November 1590 Henry Killigrew (age 62) and Jaél Peigne were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
On 6th July 1630 Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 50) and Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 65) were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street. She by marriage Countess Dover.
On 1st February 1638 Thomas Abdy 1st Baronet (age 25) and Mary Corsellis were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
On or before 10th October 1639 Edward Harington 5th Baronet was born to James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 31) and Katherine Wright Lady Harington (age 22). He was baptised on 10th October 1639 at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
On 12th June 1709 John Buckworth 1st Baronet (age 46) died. He was buried at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street. His son John (age 5) succeeded 2nd Baronet Buckworth of Sheen in Surrey.
On 20th May 1737 Elizabeth Hall Lady Buckworth died. She was buried at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street on 27th May 1737.