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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.
Canada is in North America.
In 1818 Charles Augustus Fitzroy (age 21) and Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond (age 53) (whose daughter he subsequently married two years later) travelled to Lower Canada.
On 4th March 1761 Henry Gage 3rd Viscount Gage was born to General Thomas Gage (age 41) in Montreal.
On 24th February 1829 Eliza Amelia Gore Countess Erroll was born to Charles Stephen Gore (age 35) and Sarah Rachel Fraser (age 26) in Montreal. She married 20th September 1848 William Harry Hay 19th Earl Erroll, son of William Hay 18th Earl Erroll and Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence Countess Erroll, and had issue.
In 1839 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Clitheroe Gore was born to Charles Stephen Gore (age 45) and Sarah Rachel Fraser (age 36) in Montreal. He married (1) 1875 Maria Harriet Elizabeth Cator (2) 24th October 1882 Lavinia Fitzroy.
On 20th September 1848 William Harry Hay 19th Earl Erroll (age 25) and Eliza Amelia Gore Countess Erroll (age 19) were married in Montreal. She by marriage Countess Erroll. He the son of William Hay 18th Earl Erroll and Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence Countess Erroll (age 47).
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 23rd April 1888 Georges Philéas Vanier was born at Montreal. He married 9th September 1921 Marie Eugénie Pauline Archer.
On 28th March 1898 Marie Eugénie Pauline Archer was born to Justice Charles Archer (age 29) at Montreal. She married 9th September 1921 Georges Philéas Vanier.
On 31st March 1790 Amelia Caroline Morison King was born illegitimately to George King 3rd Earl Kingston (age 18) and Amelia Caroline Morison at Fredicton. She married 12th December 1814 Richard Paul Jodrell 2nd Baronet and had issue.
On 21st May 1845 Ellen Margaret Hepburn (age 28) died at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Memorial at St Mary's Church, Tissington [Map], family home of her husband Richard Henry Fitzherbert (age 35).
Ellen Margaret Hepburn: Around 1817 she was born to James Hepburn of Tovil in Kent. On 8th October 1841 Richard Henry Fitzherbert and she were married.
Richard Henry Fitzherbert: On 29th October 1809 he was born to Henry FitzHerbert 3rd Baronet and Agnes Beresford Lady Fitzherbert. On 12th October 1896 Richard Henry Fitzherbert died.
In 1858 George Phipps 2nd Marquess Normanby (age 38) was appointed Governor of Nova Scotia. During his term he hosted King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 16) and Prince Alfred Windsor (age 13) at Government House.
On 30th September 1831 Colonel Allan Napier MacNab 1st Baronet (age 33) and Mary Elizabeth Stuart (age 19) were married at Ontario.
On 15th November 1855 William Keppel 7th Earl Albermarle (age 23) and Sophia Mary MacNab of Dundurn Castle (age 23) were married at Dundurn Castle. He the son of George Thomas Keppel 6th Earl Albermarle (age 56).
On 25th May 1879 Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook was born at Maple, Ontario. He married 29th January 1906 Gladys Henderson Drury and had issue.
On 6th January 1942 Arthur Richard Doble Banker (age 70) died. He was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
On 3rd February 1907 Victoria Sybil Mary Grey (age 28) died at Ottawa.
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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.
On 26th April 1943 Alastair Windsor 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 28) died at Ottawa. He was buried at St Ninian's Chapel, Mar Lodge Estate. Duke Connaught and Strathearn extinct. The diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles (age 56), King George VI's (age 47) private secretary, published in 2006, recorded that both the regiment and Athlone had rejected him as incompetent, and he fell out of a window when drunk and perished of hypothermia overnight.
On 15th November 1778 Jean Baptiste Roy Audy was born in Quebec.