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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.
Biography of Cornelius Johnson 1593-1661
Before 14 Oct 1593 Cornelius Johnson was born. On 14 Oct 1593 Cornelius Johnson was baptised at Austin Friars.
Before 28 Jan 1611 Cornelius Johnson (age 17). Portrait of John Talbot (age 66).
John Talbot: John Talbot and Katherine Petre were married. In 1545 he was born to John Talbot (age 32) and Frances Giffard (age 25). On 28 Jan 1611 John Talbot (age 66) died.
In 1619 Cornelius Johnson (age 25). Portrait of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 26).
In 1620 Cornelius Johnson (age 26). Portrait of Jemima Waldegrave Baroness Crew (age 18).
Around 1620 Cornelius Johnson (age 26). Portrait of Martha Temple Lady Penyston (age 25).
Martha Temple Lady Penyston: In 1595 she was born to Thomas Temple 1st Baronet (age 27). In 1611 Thomas Penyston 1st Baronet (age 20) and Martha Temple Lady Penyston (age 16) were married. In 1620 Martha Temple Lady Penyston (age 25) died.
In 1620 Cornelius Johnson (age 26). Portrait of Alexander Temple (age 48).
Alexander Temple: Around 1572 he was born to John Temple (age 30). In Dec 1629 Alexander Temple (age 57) died.
In 1620 Cornelius Johnson (age 26). Portrait of Susanna Temple (age 20).
Susanna Temple: Around 1600 she was born to Alexander Temple (age 28). In 1627 Gifford Thornhurst 1st Baronet (age 29) and Susanna Temple (age 27) were married. In 1633 Martin Lister (age 30) and Susanna Temple (age 33) were married.
In 1623 Adriaen Hanneman (age 20) travelled to England where he lived for sixteen years where he met and was influenced by Anthony Van Dyck (age 23), Daniel Mijtens (age 33) and Cornelius Johnson (age 29).
Around 1625. Cornelius Johnson (age 31). Portrait of Thomas Lucy of Charlecote Park (age 30), his wife Alice Spencer (age 25) and his family.
Thomas Lucy of Charlecote Park: In 1595 he was born to Thomas Lucy of Charlecote (age 43). In or before 1622 Thomas Lucy of Charlecote Park (age 27) and Alice Spencer (age 21) were married. In Dec 1640 Thomas Lucy of Charlecote Park (age 45) died.
Alice Spencer: In 1600 she was born to Thomas Spencer of Everdon (age 42) and Mary Cheke.
Around 1625 Cornelius Johnson (age 31) had a studio in Blackfriars. As did Anthony Van Dyck (age 25). Blackfriars was within the boundaries of the City of London, but was a liberty and so avoided the monopoly in the City of members of the London painters' Guild.
Around 1625 Cornelius Johnson (age 31). Portrait of Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 44).
Around 1626 Cornelius Johnson (age 32). Portrait of Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry (age 48) as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. Charlecote Park.
In 1628 Cornelius Johnson (age 34). Portrait of Sarah Harrington (age 63). Hatchlands East Clandon, Surrey.
Sarah Harrington: In 1565 she was born to James Harrington (age 54) and Lucy Sidney (age 45). Before 24 Apr 1586 Francis Hastings (age 26) and Sarah Harrington (age 21) were married. He the son of George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon 1540-1604 (age 46) and Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon. Before 1628 Thomas Edmondes Lord Treasurer (age 65) and Sarah Harrington (age 62) were married. In 1629 Sarah Harrington (age 64) died.
In 1629 Cornelius Johnson (age 35). Portrait of Robert Bruce Cotton 1st Baronet (age 57).
In 1630 Cornelius Johnson (age 36). Portrait of Abigail Sacheverell.
Abigail Sacheverell: Humphrey Pakington and she were married. She was born to Henry Sacheverell.
Around 1630 Cornelius Johnson (age 36). Portrait of Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 28).
Before 1631 Cornelius Johnson (age 37). Portrait of Jane Carey (age 36).
Jane Carey: In 1594 she was born to Edward Carey (age 54) and Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 51). In 1631 Jane Carey (age 37) died. Before 02 Jan 1645 Edward Barrett 1st Baron Barrett (age 63) and she were married. They were half first cousin once removed..
Before 1631 Cornelius Johnson (age 37). Portrait of William Fanshawe (age 47). Valence House Museum.
William Fanshawe: In 1583 he was born to Thomas Fanshawe (age 50) and Joan Smythe (age 23). On 04 Mar 1635 William Fanshawe (age 52) died.
In 1631 Cornelius Johnson (age 37). Portrait of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 13).
In 1631 Cornelius Johnson (age 37). Portrait of Margaret Holliday Lady Hungerford.
Margaret Holliday Lady Hungerford: She was born to William Holliday. In 1620 Edward Hungerford (age 24) and she were married. Pepy's Diary. 26 Apr 1669. After dinner comes one Colonel Macnachan, one that I see often at Court, a Scotchman, but know him not; only he brings me a letter from my Lord Middleton (age 61), who, he says, is in great distress for £500 to relieve my Lord Morton with, but upon, what account I know not; and he would have me advance it without order upon his pay for Tangier, which I was astonished at, but had the grace to deny him with an excuse. And so he went away, leaving me a little troubled that I was thus driven, on a sudden, to do any thing herein; but Creed, coming just now to see me, he approves of what I have done. And then to talk of general matters, and, by and by, Sheres being gone, my wife, and he, and I out, and I set him down at Temple Bar, and myself and wife went down the Temple upon seeming business, only to put him off, and just at the Temple gate I spied Deb. with another gentlewoman, and Deb. winked on me and smiled, but undiscovered, and I was glad to see her. So my wife and I to the 'Change, about things for her; and here, at Mrs. Burnett's shop, I am told by Betty, who was all undressed, of a great fire happened in Durham-Yard last night, burning the house of one Lady Hungerford, who was to come to town to it this night; and so the house is burned, new furnished, by carelessness of the girl sent to take off a candle from a bunch of candles, which she did by burning it off, and left the rest, as is supposed, on fire. The King (age 38) and Court were here, it seems, and stopped the fire by blowing up of the next house. The King (age 38) and Court went out of town to Newmarket, Suffolk this morning betimes, for a week. In 1672 she died without issue.
In 1631 Cornelius Johnson (age 37). Portrait of John St John 1st Baronet (age 45). Lydiard House.
In 1633 Cornelius Johnson (age 39). Portrait of Francis Godolphin (age 27).
In 1633 Cornelius Johnson (age 39). Portrait of Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (age 23).
In 1635 Cornelius Johnson (age 41). Portrait of Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 31). Powis Castle.
Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury: Around 1604 he was born to Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 21) and Mary Herbert Baroness Herbert Chirbury. On 19 Nov 1627 Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 23) and Mary Egerton Baroness Herbert Chirbury were married at Bridgwater House Barbican. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland 1457-1509. She the daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 48) and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 44). On 05 Aug 1648 Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 66) died. His son Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 44) succeeded 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury. Evelyn's Diary. 06 Apr 1654. Came my Lord Herbert (age 50), Sir Kenelm Digby (age 51), Mr. Denham, and other friends to see me. On 13 May 1655 Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 51) died. His son Edward Herbert 3rd Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baron Herbert Chirbury. Mary Egerton Baroness Herbert Chirbury by marriage Baroness Herbert Chirbury.
In 1635 Cornelius Johnson (age 41). Portrait of Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (age 25).
Around 1638 Cornelius Johnson (age 44). Portrait of Diana Cecil Countess Oxford.
In 1638 Cornelius Johnson (age 44). Portrait of Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford (age 39). Dunham Massey.
Around 1638 Cornelius Johnson (age 44). Portrait of Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin (age 39). Kenwood House.
Around 1640 Cornelius Johnson (age 46). Portrait of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby (age 32). Tabley House.
Before 1643 Cornelius Johnson (age 49). Portrait of Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (age 32). Montacute House.
Before 1647 Cornelius Johnson (age 53). Portrait of Lettice Moryson Viscountess Falkland. Montacute House.
Lettice Moryson Viscountess Falkland: She was born to Richard Moryson. In or before 1632 Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (age 22) and she were married. She by marriage Viscountess Falkland.
Around 1650 Cornelius Johnson (age 56). Portrait of Hester Wase. Montacute House.
Hester Wase: She was born to Christopher Wase. William Mainwaring and she were married. After 1645 Henry Blount Traveller (age 43) and she were married.
Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry.
Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Anne Harrison Lady Fanshawe (age 36). Valence House Museum.
Anne Harrison Lady Fanshawe: On 25 Mar 1625 she was born to John Harrison (age 35). On 18 May 1644 Richard Fanshawe 1st Baronet (age 35) and Anne Harrison Lady Fanshawe (age 19) were married in Wolvercot, Oxfordshire. On 02 Sep 1650 Richard Fanshawe 1st Baronet (age 42) was created 1st Baronet Fanshawe of Donmore. Anne Harrison Lady Fanshawe (age 25) by marriage Lady Fanshawe of Donmore. Pepy's Diary. 30 Jun 1662. So settled to business, and at noon with my wife to the Wardrobe, and there dined, and staid talking all the afternoon with my Lord, and about four o'clock took coach with my wife and Lady, and went toward my house, calling at my Baroness Carteret's (age 60), who was within by chance (she keeping altogether at Deptford, Kent for a month or two), and so we sat with her a little. Among other things told my Lady how my Lady Fanshaw (age 37) is fallen out with her only for speaking in behalf of the French, which my Lady wonders at, they having been formerly like sisters, but we see there is no true lasting friendship in the world. On 20 Jan 1680 Anne Harrison Lady Fanshawe (age 54) died.
Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Oliver St John 1st Viscount Grandison. Lydiard House.
Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Bridget Cromwell (age 37).
Bridget Cromwell: In 1624 she was born to Oliver Cromwell (age 24) and Elizabeth Bourchier (age 26). On 15 Jun 1646 Henry Ireton (age 35) and Bridget Cromwell (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Oliver Cromwell (age 47) and Elizabeth Bourchier (age 48). In 1652 Major General Charles Fleetwood (age 34) and Bridget Cromwell (age 28) were married. She the daughter of Oliver Cromwell (age 52) and Elizabeth Bourchier (age 54). In 1662 Bridget Cromwell (age 38) died.
Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet (age 67).
Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet: In 1594 he was born to Robert Bruce Cotton 1st Baronet (age 22). Before 1621 Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet (age 27) and Margaret Howard (age 27) were married. On 06 May 1631 Robert Bruce Cotton 1st Baronet (age 60) died. His son Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire. Margaret Howard by marriage Lady Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire. Before 02 May 1644 Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet (age 50) and Alice Constable Lady Cotton (age 31) were married. She by marriage Lady Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire. On 16 May 1662 Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet (age 68) died. His son John Cotton 3rd Baronet (age 41) succeeded 3rd Baronet Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire.
Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67) died.
Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Thomas Hales 3rd Baronet and John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale (age 45). Ham House, Richmond, Surrey.
Thomas Hales 3rd Baronet: Around 1695 he was born to Thomas Hales 2nd Baronet (age 28). On 07 Jan 1748 Thomas Hales 2nd Baronet (age 81) died. His son Thomas Hales 3rd Baronet (age 53) succeeded 3rd Baronet Hales of Beakesbourne in Kent. On 06 Oct 1762 Thomas Hales 3rd Baronet (age 67) died. His son Thomas Hales 4th Baronet (age 36) succeeded 4th Baronet Hales of Beakesbourne in Kent.
Pepy's Diary. 27 Jun 1666. Up, and to my office awhile, and then down the river a little way to see vessels ready for the carrying down of 400 land soldiers to the fleete. Then back to the office for my papers, and so to St. James's, where we did our usual attendance on the Duke (age 32). Having done with him, we all of us down to Sir W. Coventry's (age 38) chamber (where I saw his father my Lord Coventry's picture hung up, done by Stone, who then brought it home. It is a good picture, drawn in his judge's robes, and the great seale by him. And while it was hanging up, "This", says Sir W. Coventry (age 38), merrily, "is the use we make of our fathers",) to discourse about the proposition of serving us with hempe, delivered in by my Lord Brouncker (age 46) as from an unknown person, though I know it to be Captain Cocke's (age 49). My Lord and Sir William Coventry had some earnest words about it, the one promoting it for his private ends, being, as Cocke (age 49) tells me himself, to have £500 if the bargain goes on, and I am to have as much, and the other opposing it for the unseasonableness of it, not knowing at all whose the proposition is, which seems the more ingenious of the two. I sat by and said nothing, being no great friend to the proposition, though Cocke (age 49) intends me a convenience by it. But what I observed most from the discourse was this of Sir W. Coventry (age 38), that he do look upon ourselves in a desperate condition. The issue of all standing upon this one point, that by the next fight, if we beat, the Dutch will certainly be content to take eggs for their money (that was his expression); or if we be beaten, we must be contented to make peace, and glad if we can have it without paying too dear for it. And withall we do rely wholly upon the Parliament's giving us more money the next sitting, or else we are undone.
Vesta Monumenta. 1744. Plates 1.66 to 1.68. Robert Cotton with Genesis Fragments. Reproduction of a portrait from around 1626 of Robert Cotton and fragments of the Cotton Genesis manuscript by Cornelius Johnson. Plates 1.67-1.68 depict twenty-one fragments from eighteen folio pages of the Cotton Genesis collated with transcriptions from the Codex Vaticanus. Engravings by George Vertue (age 60) after the original portrait and his own watercolors of the Cotton Genesis fragments.
