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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.
Baronet Forster is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically.
There have been two creations of Baronet Forster:
1st. 1620. Claudius Forster 1st Baronet 1575-1623. Extinct. 1623.
2nd. 1620. Humphrey Forster 1st Baronet 1595-1663. Extinct. 1711.
Baronet Forster of Bamburgh (1st Creation)
Baronet Forster of Bamburgh is also in Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
On 7th March 1620 Claudius Forster 1st Baronet (age 45) was created 1st Baronet Forster of Bamburgh.
Around 1623 Claudius Forster 1st Baronet (age 48) died without issue at Blanchland Abbey, Northumberland [Map]. He was buried at St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh [Map]. Baronet Forster of Bamburgh extinct. His brother John Forster (age 46) inherited his estates including Blanchland Abbey, Northumberland [Map].
Baronet Forster of Aldermaston in Berkshire (2nd Creation)
Baronet Forster of Aldermaston in Berkshire is also in Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
On 20th May 1620 Humphrey Forster 1st Baronet (age 25) was created 1st Baronet Forster of Aldermaston in Berkshire.
In 1663 Humphrey Forster 1st Baronet (age 68) died. He was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston [Map]. His grandson Humphrey (age 14) succeeded 2nd Baronet Forster of Aldermaston in Berkshire.
On 26th November 1672 Humphrey Forster 2nd Baronet (age 23) and Judith Winch Lady Forster were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. She by marriage Lady Forster of Aldermaston in Berkshire.
All About History Books
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.
In December 1711 Humphrey Forster 2nd Baronet (age 62) died. Baronet Forster of Aldermaston in Berkshire extinct.
The estate of Aldermaston devolved on Elizabeth, Baroness Stawell (age 34), da. of his sister Elizabeth, by her first husband, William Pert. She d. in 1721. To its subsequent devolution, as given in Burke's Extinct Baronetage, may be added its purchase, in 1899, by Charles Keyser.