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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Orde aka Orde-Powlett
Before 1740 [his father] John Orde (age 37) and Mary Ward were married.
Before 30th August 1740 [his father] John Orde (age 38) and [his mother] Anne Marr (age 21) were married.
On 30th August 1740 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton was born to John Orde (age 38) and Anne Marr (age 21).
Around 1750 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 9) educated at Eton College [Map].
In 1773 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 32) graduated Master of Arts: Cambridge University at King's College, Cambridge University [Map].
1773Pompeo Batoni (age 64). Portrait of Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 32).
On 7th April 1778 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 37) and Jean Mary Browne Powlett Baroness Bolton (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Charles Powlett 5th Duke Bolton.
In 1780 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 39) was elected MP Aylesbury.
In 1782 [his son] William Orde-Powlett 2nd Baron Bolton was born to Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 41) and [his wife] Jean Mary Browne Powlett Baroness Bolton (age 31).
In 1782 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 41) was appointed Secretary to the Treasury.
In 1784 [his father] John Orde (age 82) died.
In 1784 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 43) was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland.
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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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In 1784 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 43) was elected MP Harwich.
In 1785 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 44) was appointed Privy Council.
In 1787 [his son] Thomas Powlett Orde-Powlett was born to Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 46) and [his wife] Jean Mary Browne Powlett Baroness Bolton (age 36).
In 1788 [his mother] Anne Marr (age 69) died.
In 1791 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 50) was appointed Governor of the Isle of Wight.
On 25th December 1794 Harry Powlett 6th Duke Bolton (age 74) died without male issue. Duke Bolton extinct. His third cousin once removed George (age 72) succeeded 12th Marquess Winchester, 12th Earl Wiltshire, 12th Baron St John. Martha Ingoldsby Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester. Most of his estates including Bolton Castle [Map] were inherited by his elder brother's illegitimate daughter [his wife] Jean Mary (age 43) whose husband Thomas Orde (age 54) added the surname Powlett to his own.
On 20th October 1797 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 57) was created 1st Baron Bolton of Bolton in Yorkshire. [his wife] Jean Mary Browne Powlett Baroness Bolton (age 46) by marriage Baroness Bolton of Bolton in Yorkshire.
In 1800 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 59) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire.
On 30th July 1807 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 66) died. His son [his son] William (age 25) succeeded 2nd Baron Bolton of Bolton in Yorkshire.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1814 [his former wife] Jean Mary Browne Powlett Baroness Bolton (age 63) died.