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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.
In 1705 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet was born to [his father] Matthew Lamb of Southwell in Nottinghamshire.
In or before 1743 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet and Charlotte Coke were married. She brought Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire to the Lamb family.
In 1743 [his daughter] Charlotte Lamb Countess Fauconberg was born to Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet and [his wife] Charlotte Coke. She married 29th May 1766 Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg, son of Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg, and had issue.
In 1744 [his brother] Bishop Robert Lamb was appointed Dean of Peterborough which position he held until 1764.
On 29th January 1745 [his son] Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne was born to Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet and [his wife] Charlotte Coke. He married 13th April 1769 Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne, daughter of Ralph Milbanke 5th Baronet, and had issue.
In 1746 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet purchased Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire commissioned a new hall to the designs of the architect Sir James Paine in around 1760.
In 1755 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Lamb of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire.
In 1758 [his brother] Bishop Robert Lamb was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1764 [his brother] Bishop Robert Lamb was elected Bishop of Peterborough.
On 29th May 1766 [his son-in-law] Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg and [his daughter] Charlotte Lamb Countess Fauconberg were married. She by marriage Countess Fauconberg. He the son of Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg.
On 6th November 1768 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet died. [his son] Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne succeeded 2nd Baronet Lamb of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire.
On 3rd November 1769 [his brother] Bishop Robert Lamb died unmarried. His younger brother Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet inherited his estate.