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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.
Cork is in County Cork.
See: Cork Cathedral, , St Mary's Church Cork, Youghal.
On 5th January 1382 Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster (age 26) died at Cork [Map]. She was buried at Wigmore, Herefordshire [Map]. Her son Roger (age 7) succeeded Heir to the Throne of England, 6th Earl of Ulster
In 1403 John Kynaston (age 21) died at Cork [Map].
On 2nd July 1642 William St Leger (age 56) died at Cork [Map].
Around 1668 Bishop Thomas Vesey 1st Baronet was born to Archbishop John Vesey (age 29) and Anne Muschamp (age 18) at Cork [Map].
On 9th October 1690 Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 27) was killed at Cork [Map] during the Storming of Cork. His son Charles (age 6) succeeded 2nd Duke Grafton, 2nd Earl Euston, 2nd Viscount Ipswich, 2nd Baron Sudbury.
John Evelyn's Diary. 12th October 1690. The French General, with Tyrconnel (age 60) and their forces, gone back to France, beaten out by King William. Cork [Map] delivered on discretion. The Duke of Grafton (deceased) was there mortally wounded and dies. Very great storms of wind. The 8th of this month Lord Spencer (age 49) wrote me word from Althorpe [Map], that there happened an earthquake the day before in the morning, which, though short, sensibly shook the house. The "Gazette" acquainted us that the like happened at the same time, half-past seven, at Barnstaple, Devon, Holyhead, Anglesey, and Dublin [Map]. We were not sensible of it here.
Around 1759 Elizabeth Farren was born to George Farren at Cork [Map].
On 10th April 1775 General William Loftus (age 23) embarked at Cork [Map] for Boston, Massachusetts. He arrived on 24th May 1775.
On 17th December 1821 Archbishop William Connor Magee was born at Cork [Map].
Cork Cathedral, County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland, British Isles
Before 1672 John Vesey (age 33) was appointed Archdeacon of Armagh and Dean of Cork.
St Mary's Church Cork, County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland, British Isles
In 1607 Henry Brouncker Lord President Munster (age 57) died. He was buried in St Mary's Church Cork.
Youghal, Cork, County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland, British Isles
On 22nd March 1615 Katherine Boyle Viscountess Ranelagh was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork (age 48) and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork (age 30) in Youghal.
On 8th November 1625 Mary Boyle Countess Warwick was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork (age 59) and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork (age 40) at Youghal.