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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.
Dean of St Paul's Cathedral is in Dean.
On 2nd November 1456 Archbishop Lawrence Booth (age 36) was appointed Dean of St Paul's Cathedral.
In 1457 William Say was appointed Dean of St Paul's Cathedral which office he held for life.
In 1546 Dean William May was appointed Dean of St Paul's Cathedral.
In 1554 John de Feckenham aka Howman (age 39) was appointed Dean of St Paul's Cathedral.
In 1556 Dean Henry Cole (age 56) was appointed Dean of St Paul's Cathedral.
On 29th May 1559 Dean Alexander Nowell (age 42) was appointed Dean of St Paul's Cathedral.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 29th May 1559. The xxix day of May was depreved of ys byshopepryke of London doctur Boner (age 59), and in ys plasse master Gryndall (age 40); and [Nowell] (age 42) electyd dene of Powlles, and the old dene depreved, master [Cole] (age 59).
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 30th June 1560 William Bill (age 55) was appointed Dean of St Paul's Cathedral.
On 24th May 1740 Bishop Joseph Butler (age 48) was installed Dean of St Paul's Cathedral.
In 1820 Bishop William van Mildert (age 54) was appointed Dean of St Paul's Cathedral which office he held until 1826.