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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.
Francis Johnston 1760-1829 is in Architects.
In 1760 Francis Johnston was born to William Johnston at Armagh.
In 1789 Francis Johnston (age 29) was commissioned by Archbishop Richard Robinson 1st Baron Rokeby (age 81), and Archbishop of Armagh to design the Armagh Observatory.
1790 Francis Johnston (age 30) designed a new club house for Daly's Club on College Green Dublin.
In 1794 Francis Johnston (age 34) designed Townley Hall Drogheda built between 1794 and 1798.
In 1806 Francis Johnston (age 46) designed Armagh Court House built between 1806 and 1809.
Before 1823 Francis Johnston (age 62) and Anne Barnes (age 53) were married.
1823. Henry Hoppner Meyer (age 42). Drawing of Francis Johnston (age 63) after Thomas Clement Thompson (age 43).
Around 1823. Thomas Clement Thompson (age 43). Portrait of Francis Johnston (age 63).
In 1824 Francis Johnston (age 64) was made president of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts which had been founded the previous year, and he provided headquarters for the academy in Lower Abbey Street Dublin at his own expense.
On 14th March 1829 Francis Johnston (age 69) died. He was buried at St George's Church, Dublin.
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 18th August 1841 or 18th August 1842 [his former wife] Anne Barnes (age 72) died.