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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.
Elizabeth Oakes. Wife. 29.
Around 1852 Elizabeth Oakes was born to Robert Oakes (age 34) at Ellastone, Staffordshire.
1861. 1861 Census Staffordshire Ellastone. Ellastone, Staffordshire.
[her father] Robert Oakes (age 43). Head. 43.
Margaret Oakes. Wife. 44.
[her brother] George Oakes (age 18). Son. 18.
Elizabeth Oakes (age 9). Daughter. 9.
[her sister] Ellen Oakes (age 7). Daughter. 7.
William Oakes. Uncle. 67.
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29th May 1884. 1884 Marriage Banns New Mills. Thomas Hadfield (age 27) and Elizabeth Oakes (age 32) were married. He a Farmer. His father, a farmer, Charles Hadfield deceased. Her father, a Blacksmith, Robert Oakes (age 66) deceased.
On 25th August 1886 [her son] Charles Hadfield was born to [her husband] Thomas Hadfield (age 29) and Elizabeth Oakes (age 34) at Mellor, Cheshire [Map].
1901. 1901 Census Derbyshire 37 Cobden Edge. Cobden Edge [Map].
[her husband] Thomas Hadfield (age 44). Head. 45. Railway Labourer.
Elizabeth Oakes (age 49). Wife. 49.
[her son] Charles Hadfield (age 14). Son. 14. Calico Printer Works Labourer.
[her son] William Hadfield. Son. 12.
Before 8th January 1903 Elizabeth Oakes (age 51) died. She was living at Cobden Edge [Map]. She was buried on 8th January 1890 at Mellor, Cheshire [Map].
[her son] William Hadfield was born to Thomas Hadfield and Elizabeth Oakes at Mellor, Cheshire [Map].