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.
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Baron Lucas is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.
Baron Lucas of Shenfield is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
3rd January 1645. John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield [aged 38] created. See King Charles I Rewards his Supporters.
2nd July 1671. Nephew Charles Lucas 2nd Baron Lucas Shenfield [aged 40] succeeded.
1688. Brother Robert Lucas 3rd Baron Shenfield [aged 38] succeeded.
31st January 1705. Robert Lucas 3rd Baron Shenfield extinct.
On 3rd January 1645 King Charles I [aged 44] rewarded his supporters with Baronies...
John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham [aged 69] was created 1st Baron Cobham. Frances Bampfield Baroness Cobham by marriage Baroness Cobham.
John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield [aged 38] was created 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield with special remainder to the male issue of his brother Thomas Lucas [aged 66].
On 2nd July 1671 John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield [aged 64] died. His nephew Charles [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Baron Lucas of Shenfield although technically illegitimate his parents had married after his birth.
In 1688 Charles Lucas 2nd Baron Lucas Shenfield [aged 57] died. His brother Robert [aged 38] succeeded 3rd Baron Lucas of Shenfield.
On 31st January 1705 Robert Lucas 3rd Baron Shenfield [aged 55] died. Baron Lucas of Shenfield extinct.
Baron Lucas of Crudwell is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Created Baronesses of England, Succeeded Baronesses of England, Extant Baronies of England.
Summary
7th May 1663. Mary Lucas Countess Kent [aged 19] created.
1st November 1702. Son Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 31] succeeded.
8th November 1718. Son Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas [aged 23] by writ of acceleration.
21st July 1723. Niece Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey succeeded.
11th January 1797. Daughter Amabel Yorke Countess Grey [aged 45] succeeded.
4th May 1833. Nephew Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey [aged 51] succeeded.
14th November 1859. Daughter Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper [aged 53] succeeded.
1880. Son Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper [aged 45] succeeded.
18th July 1905. Nephew Auberon Herbert 9th Baron Lucas [aged 29] succeeded.
3rd November 1916. Sister Nan Ino Cooper 10th Baroness Lucas [aged 36] succeeded.
3rd November 1958. Daughter Anne Rosemary Cooper 11th Baroness Lucas [aged 39] succeeded.
1991. Son Ralph Palmer 12th Baron Lucas [aged 39] succeeded.
On 7th May 1663 Mary Lucas Countess Kent [aged 19] was created 1st Baroness Lucas of Crudwell with a special remainder to her heirs male by her husband Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent [aged 17], and failing which, to her heirs female without division; an unusual provision meaning it wouldn't become abeyant in the event of more than one daughter.
On 1st November 1702 Mary Lucas Countess Kent [aged 58] died. Her son Henry [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 8th November 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas [aged 23] by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
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On 21st July 1723 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas [aged 28] died by choking on an ear of barley the beard of which stuck in his throat. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]. His niece Jemima succeeded 4th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.
Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas: On 21st February 1695 he was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. On 17th February 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas and Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. He the son of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. They were sixth cousins. On 8th November 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 11th January 1797 Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey [aged 73] died at the family's London House, 4 Saint James' Square. Marquess Grey extinct. Her daughter Amabel [aged 45] succeeded 5th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell. She was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] on 21st January 1797. Her will stated that she was to be buried in the vault "in as private a manner as may be consistent with proper decency. A Hearse with six horses, without any Ornament or Escutcheons and two Coaches with six horses each will be sufficient, without any Family Coach or Livery Servant. I would not have the Church hung with black or any Escutcheons to be used there nor any mourning rings given". It went on to give £50 to the poor of Flitton with Silsoe and of Clophill. She also gave her servant Jane Band an annuity of £40 per annum. She also stated: "It is my intention to erect a Monument in the Church at Flitton to the memory of my late Lord. If it shall happen that I do not carry this my intention into execution I then direct that one shall be placed there to his memory and mine plain and neat in the design but not magnificent or expensive and that the same be placed in the Division now empty on the right hand side of the Duke of Kent's Monument". In fact she did raise Hardwicke's monument in his lifetime as it states that she did so and 'waits to follow him'. The eulogy on the monument reads: "Her excellent & cultivated understanding, her serene & benevolent temper, her polished manners, her domestic virtues and exemplary piety will ever be revered and regretted by her children, relations and friends". In a codicil to her will she wrote: "I desire my Body to be kept as long as is proper and then buried with Lime in the Coffin to promote a speedier dissolution". She also willed "If any letters or papers are found in my handwriting which have been returned to me from Friends I correspond with not burnt (which it is my intention to do) I desire my Executrix will burn them".
Amabel Yorke Countess Grey: On 22nd February 1751 she was born to Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey. In 1816 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey was created 1st Countess de Grey with a special remainder to her sister Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham and her sister's male heirs.
On 4th May 1833 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey [aged 82] died. Her nephew Thomas [aged 51] succeeded 2nd Earl de Grey, 6th Baron Lucas of Crudwell. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
On 14th November 1859 Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey [aged 77] died. His nephew George [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Earl de Grey, 4th Baron Grantham, 7th Baronet Robinson of Newby in Yorkshire. His daughter Ann [aged 53] succeeded 7th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.
Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] sculpted by Matthew Noble [aged 42] in 1864.
Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper: In 1806 she was born to Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey and Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey. In 1833 George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper and she were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. She the daughter of Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey and Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey. He the son of Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper and Emily Lamb Countess Cowper. In 1880 Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper died. Her son Francis succeeded 8th Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
In 1880 Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper [aged 74] died. Her son Francis [aged 45] succeeded 8th Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 18th July 1905 Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper [aged 71] died. Earl Cowper, Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent and Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent extinct. His nephew Auberon [aged 29] succeeded 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 3rd November 1916 Auberon Herbert 9th Baron Lucas [aged 40] was killed in action. He was unmarried. His sister Nan [aged 36] succeeded 10th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.
On 30th April 1917 Lieutenant-Colonel Howard Lister Cooper Baron Lucas and Nan Ino Cooper 10th Baroness Lucas [aged 36] were married. He by marriage Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 3rd November 1958 Nan Ino Cooper 10th Baroness Lucas [aged 78] died. Her daughter Anne [aged 39] succeeded 11th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell. Major Robert Jocelyn Palmer Baron Lucas [aged 39] by marriage Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
In 1991 Anne Rosemary Cooper 11th Baroness Lucas [aged 72] died. Her son Ralph [aged 39] succeeded 12th Baron Lucas of Crudwell.