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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.
Died in a hunting accident is in Accident.
Before 1075 Richard Normandy (age 20) died in a hunting accident at New Forest, Hampshire. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral [Map].
On 2nd August 1100 King William II of England (age 44) died in a hunting accident, not known whether accidentally or otherwise, in the New Forest, Hampshire. His brother Henry (age 32) succeeded I King of England. The brothers Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 60) and Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick (age 50), and Roger de Clare (age 34) and Gilbert de Clare (age 34) were present.
On 13th November 1143 Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem (age 54) died in a hunting accident. His wife Melisende Queen of Jerusalem (age 38) continued to reign in her own right with their son Baldwin III King Jerusalem (age 13).
On 28th November 1231 Valdemar the Young King of Denmark (age 22) died in a hunting accident at Refsnæs, near Kalundborg.
On 13 or 20th October 1809 Thomas Charles Gascoigne (age 23) died in a hunting accident. He was buried at All Saints' Church, Barwick-in-Elmet [Map]. 2,000 people and over 400 of his father's tenants attended his funeral.
On 12th December 1843 George Templer (age 62) died in a hunting accident.
On 24th April 1867 Fiennes Wykeham-Martin Cornwallis (age 35) died in a hunting accident. His son Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 2) inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
On 3rd May 1893 James Charlemagne Dormer (age 59) died in a hunting accident after having been mauled by a tiger while on a hunt on 25 April 1893 in the Nilgiris.
On 11th June 1913 John Leslie-Melville 12th Earl of Leven 11th Earl of Melville (age 27) died in a hunting accident unmarried.
In 1927 Victoria Stanley died in a hunting accident.
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.
On 19th October 1935 Frank Meyer 2nd Baronet (age 49) died in a hunting accident. His son Anthony (age 14) succeeded 3rd Baronet Meyer of Shortgrove.
