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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 Birkenhead of Birkenhead in Cheshire is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
1st: Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead. Died 1930. Son
2nd: Frederick Smith 2nd Earl of Birkenhead. Died 1975. Son
3rd: Frederick Smith 3rd Earl of Birkenhead. Died 1985. Extinct.
In 1919 Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead (age 46) was created 1st Baron Birkenhead of Birkenhead in Cheshire.
On 30th September 1930 Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead (age 58) died. His son Frederick (age 22) succeeded 2nd Earl Birkenhead, 2nd Viscount Furneaux of Charlton in Northamptonshire, 2nd Viscount Birkenhead of Birkenhead in Cheshire, 2nd Baron Birkenhead of Birkenhead in Cheshire, 2nd Baronet Smith of Hillbrook.
On 10th June 1975 Frederick Smith 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (age 67) died. His son Frederick (age 39) succeeded 3rd Earl Birkenhead, 3rd Viscount Furneaux of Charlton in Northamptonshire, 3rd Viscount Birkenhead of Birkenhead in Cheshire, 3rd Baron Birkenhead of Birkenhead in Cheshire, 3rd Baronet Smith of Hillbrook.
On 16th February 1985 Frederick Smith 3rd Earl of Birkenhead (age 48) died. Earl Birkenhead, Viscount Furneaux of Charlton in Northamptonshire, Viscount Birkenhead of Birkenhead in Cheshire, Baron Birkenhead of Birkenhead in Cheshire, Baronet Smith of Hillbrook extinct.