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.
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In 1546 Unknown Painter. Italian. Portrait of Henry Howard Earl of Surrey [aged 30] wearing his Garter Collar and Leg Garter. His right 
Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk 1300 1338 Arms, his left 
Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester Arms.
In 1559 Hans Eworth [aged 39]. Portrait of Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu [aged 30] wearing a Garter Collar and St George Pendant.
In 1573 Unknown Painter. Portrait of Henry Sidney [aged 44] wearing his Garter Collar.
Around 1575 Unknown Painter. Portrait of Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 42] wearing his Garter Collar.
Around 1576 Unknown Painter. Portrait of William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester wearing his Garter Collar and Lord Treasurer Staff of Office.
Around 1580 based on a work of 1565.Unknown Painter. Portrait of Robert Radclyffe 5th Earl of Sussex [aged 6] wearing his Garter Collar and holding the Lord Treasurer Staff of Office.
In 1583 Unknown Painter. Portrait of Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 71] wearing his Garter Collar.
Around 1605 John Critz [aged 54]. Portrait of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 38] with Garter Collar and Leg Garter.
Around 1615 Unknown Painter. Posthumous portrait of Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery [aged 30] wearing his Garter Robes and Garter Collar.
In 1619 Daniel Mijtens [aged 29]. Portrait of William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 75] wearing his Garter Collar and Leg Garter.
In 1621 Daniel Mijtens [aged 31]. Portrait of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 54] wearing his Garter Collar and Leg Garter.
In 1630 Daniel Mijtens [aged 40]. Portrait of Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 44] and wearing his Garter Collar.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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In 1634 Daniel Mijtens [aged 44]. Portrait of Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery [aged 49] wearing his Leg Garter and Garter Collar.
Around 1634 Anthony Van Dyck [aged 34]. Portrait of James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox wearing his Leg Garter and Garter Collar.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 9th October 1660. This morning Sir W. Batten [aged 59] with Colonel Birch [aged 45] to Deptford, to pay off two ships. Sir W. Pen [aged 39] and I staid to do business, and afterwards together to White Hall, where I went to my Lord, and found him in bed not well, and saw in his chamber his picture1, very well done; and am with child2 till I get it copied out, which I hope to do when he is gone to sea.
Note 1. Peter Lely [aged 42]. Portrait of Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich [aged 35] in his Garter Robes and Garter Collar.
Note 2. A figurative expression for an eager longing desire, used by Udall and by Spenser. The latest authority given by Dr. Murray in the "New English Dictionary", is Bailey in 1725.
Around 1661 Peter Lely [aged 42]. Portrait of Charles Stewart 6th Duke Lennox in his Garter Robes and Garter Collar.
Around 1673 Peter Lely [aged 54]. Portrait of Charles II King Scotland in his Garter Robes and Garter Collar.
Around 1675 Peter Lely [aged 56]. Portrait of George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham [aged 46] wearing his Garter Collar.
Around 1678 Peter Lely [aged 59]. Portrait of Charles II King Scotland in his Garter Robes and Garter Collar and Leg Garter.
Around 1680 Willem Wissing [aged 24]. Portrait of King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 29] wearing his Garter Collar.
Around 1686 Willem Wissing [aged 30]. Portrait of Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester [aged 43] wearing his Garter Robes including the Garter Collar and holding his white Lord Treasurer Staff of Office.