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 1729 Bishop Richard Terrick [aged 19] graduated from Clare College, Cambridge University with a Master of Arts: Cambridge University.
In 1739 Bishop Richard Terrick [aged 29] was appointed Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons which position he held until 1742.
In 1747 Bishop Richard Terrick [aged 37] was elected Bishop of Peterborough through the influence of William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire [aged 26] the Prime Minister.
In 1747 Bishop Richard Terrick [aged 37] was awarded Doctor of Divinity.
In 1764 Bishop Richard Terrick [aged 54] was elected Bishop of London.
In 1776 Bishop Richard Terrick [aged 66] refused the Archbishop of York on the grounds of ill health.
Before 1777 [his son-in-law] Archdeacon Anthony Hamilton [aged 37] and Anne Terrick were married. She the daughter of Bishop Richard Terrick [aged 66].
On 31st March 1777 (Easter Monday) Bishop Richard Terrick [aged 67] died.
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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[his daughter] Anne Terrick was born to Bishop Richard Terrick. She married before 1777 Archdeacon Anthony Hamilton and had issue.
Elizabeth Terrick Baroness Harrowby born to Bishop Richard Terrick.