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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.
River Ure is in River Ouse.
The River Ure rises at Ure Head, North Yorkshire [Map] after which it over Aysgarth Falls [Map], past Middleham Castle [Map], Jervaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire [Map], St Nicholas Church, West Tanfield, North Yorkshire [Map], east of Ripon, North Yorkshire [Map], under the bridge at Boroughbridge [Map] after which it is joined by the River Swale to form the River Ouse.
1145. Jervaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire [Map] was the constructed after the monks moved to a location next to the River Ure from the less attractive location around ten miles away at of Fors upstream in the Ure Valley. Jervaulx is a version of "Ure Valley".
Around 1450. The Marmion Tower, West Tanfield [Map] is a 15th Century Gatehouse that was formerly the entrance to Tanfield Castle, the defended riverside house of Robert Marmion 3rd Baron Marmion.
View from the Tower with the bridge over the River Ure top left.
Robert Marmion 3rd Baron Marmion: In 1153 he was born to Robert Marmion 2nd Baron Marmion. Before October 1181 Robert Marmion 3rd Baron Marmion succeeded 3rd Baron Marmion of Tamworth in Staffordshire. Before 15th May 1218 Robert Marmion 3rd Baron Marmion was killed in a fight with the forces of Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln at Scrivelsby. His son Robert succeeded 4th Baron Marmion of Tamworth in Staffordshire.
Middleham Castle [Map]. A Norman keep surrounded by a curtain wall around half a mile from the River Ure.
Culture, Rivers and River Systems in England and Wales, Humber Estuary, River Ouse, River Ure, River Skell
The River Skell rises around 3km north Pateley Bridge [Map] after which it travels broadly east past Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire [Map], through Studley Royal Park, North Yorkshire [Map] and just south of Ripon, North Yorkshire [Map] before joining the River Ure 1.2 km east of Ripon, North Yorkshire [Map].