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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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The Life of LIza Lehmann

The Life of LIza Lehmann is in Modern Era.

The Life of LIza Lehmann Chapter 1

I was born in London, at 139, Westbourne Terrace, on July 11th — well, several hundred years ago!

My parents, who lived in Rome, came to London so that, in case I were a boy, I might have the privilege of being a British subject. Girls were not so much considered in those days!

The Life of LIza Lehmann Chapter 6

I was married to Herbert Bedford on October 10th, 1894, at St. Mark’s Church in Hamilton Terrace, where my mother also had been married.

My husband was a son of Deputy jet. Bedford, a well-known member of the City of London Corporation, and a constant contributor to Punch under the nom-de-plume of "Robert, the City Waiter." He devoted some fifteen years of his career as a public man to the saving of Epping Forest for the people, and the "Bedford Oak" there still commemorates his name.