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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.
Tamworth Castle is in Tamworth, Staffordshire [Map], Castles in Staffordshire.
Around 1132 Robert Marmion 2nd Baron Marmion was born to Robert Marmion 1st Baron Marmion (age 32) at Tamworth Castle [Map].
Around 1160 Mabel Marmion Baroness Burford was born to Robert Marmion 2nd Baron Marmion (age 28) at Tamworth Castle [Map].
Before October 1181 Robert Marmion 2nd Baron Marmion (age 49) died at Tamworth Castle [Map].
Around 1238 Ralph Cromwell was born in Tamworth Castle [Map].
On 30th April 1355 John Marmion (age 63) died at Tamworth Castle [Map].
Around 1398 Elizabeth Freville was born to Baldwin Freville (age 30) at Tamworth Castle [Map].
Around 1452 John Ferrers was born to Thomas Ferrers (age 14) and Anne Hastings (age 29) at Tamworth Castle [Map].
In 1453 Anne Ferrers was born to Thomas Ferrers (age 15) and Anne Hastings (age 30) at Tamworth Castle [Map].
In 1483 Humphrey Ferrers was born to John Ferrers (age 12) and Dorothy Harpur (age 13) at Tamworth Castle [Map].
In 1530 Elizabeth Fortescue was born to Adrian Fortescue (age 54) and Anne Reade (age 20) at Tamworth Castle [Map].
In 1558 Humphrey Ferrers was born to John Ferrers (age 44) and Barbara Cockayne (age 40) at Tamworth Castle [Map].
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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.
In 1563 Anne Bradbourne was born to Humphrey Bradbourne (age 39) at Tamworth Castle [Map].
In 1608 Humphrey Ferrers (age 50) died at Tamworth Castle [Map].