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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.
Baron Acton of Aldenham in Shropshire is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.
1st: John Dalberg-Acton 1st Baron Acton. Died 1902. Son
2nd: Richard Maximilian Lyon-Dalberg-Acton 2nd Baron Acton. Died 1924. Son
3rd: John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton 3rd Baron Acton. Died 1989. Son
4th: Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton 4th Baron Acton. Died 2010. Son
On 11th December 1869 John Dalberg-Acton 1st Baron Acton (age 35) was created 1st Baron Acton of Aldenham in Shropshire.
On 19th June 1902 John Dalberg-Acton 1st Baron Acton (age 68) died. His son Richard (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baron Acton of Aldenham in Shropshire, 9th Baronet Acton of Aldenham Hall.
On 16th June 1924 Richard Maximilian Lyon-Dalberg-Acton 2nd Baron Acton (age 53) died. His son John (age 16) succeeded 3rd Baron Acton of Aldenham in Shropshire, 10th Baronet Acton of Aldenham Hall.
On 25th November 1931 John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton 3rd Baron Acton (age 23) and Daphne Strutt Baroness Acton (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Acton of Aldenham in Shropshire.
On 23rd January 1989 John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton 3rd Baron Acton (age 81) died. His son Richard (age 47) succeeded 4th Baron Acton of Aldenham in Shropshire, 11th Baronet Acton of Aldenham Hall.
On 10th October 2010 Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton 4th Baron Acton (age 69) died. His son John (age 44) succeeded 5th Baron Acton of Aldenham in Shropshire, 12th Baronet Acton of Aldenham Hall.