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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.
Baronet Croft is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically.
There have been two creations of Baronet Croft:
1st. 1671. Herbert Croft 1st Baronet 1651-1720. Extant Baronetcies of England.
2nd. 1924. Henry Page Croft 1st Baron Croft 1881-1947. Extant Baronetcies of England.
Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire (1st Creation)
Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire is also in Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronetcies of England.
1st: Herbert Croft 1st Baronet. Died 1720. Son
2nd: Archer Croft 2nd Baronet. Died 1753. Son
3rd: Archer Croft 3rd Baronet. Died 1790. Brother.
4th: John Croft 4th Baronet. Died 1797. First Cousin Once Removed.
5th: Herbert Croft 5th Baronet. Died 1816. Brother.
6th: Richard Croft 6th Baronet. Died 1818. Son
7th: Thomas Elmsley Croft 7th Baronet. Died 1835. Brother.
8th: Archer Denman Croft 8th Baronet. Died 1865. Son
9th: Herbert George Denman Croft 9th Baronet. Died 1902. Son
10th: Herbert Archer Croft 10th Baronet. Died 1915. Son
11th: James Herbert Croft 11th Baronet. Died 1941. Uncle.
12th: Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft 12th Baronet. Died 1954. Son
13th: Bernard Hugh Denman Croft 13th Baronet. Died 1984. Son
In 1671 Herbert Croft 1st Baronet (age 20) was created 1st Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire. Elizabeth Archer Lady Croft by marriage Lady Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire.
On 3rd November 1720 Archer Croft 2nd Baronet (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire.
On 10th December 1753 Archer Croft 2nd Baronet (age 70) died. His son Archer (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire.
On 30th December 1790 Archer Croft 3rd Baronet (age 59) died without male issue. His brother John (age 55) succeeded 4th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire.
All About History Books
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.
On 4th December 1797 John Croft 4th Baronet (age 62) died. His first cousin once removed Herbert (age 46) succeeded 5th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire although he didn't inherit the estates.
On 26th April 1816 Herbert Croft 5th Baronet (age 65) died. His brother Richard (age 54) succeeded 6th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire
On 13th February 1818 Richard Croft 6th Baronet (age 56) shot himself as a consequence of the death of Princess Charlotte Augusta Hanover to whom he had been physician during her labour. A copy of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost was found open with the passage (Act V, Scene II): "Fair Sir, God save you! Where is the Princess?". He was buried at St James' Church, Piccadilly.His son Thomas (age 19) succeeded 7th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire.
On 29th October 1835 Thomas Elmsley Croft 7th Baronet (age 37) died. His brother Archer (age 33) succeeded 8th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire
On 10th January 1865 Archer Denman Croft 8th Baronet (age 63) died. His son Herbert (age 26) succeeded 9th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire
On 11th February 1902 Herbert George Denman Croft 9th Baronet (age 63) died. His son Herbert (age 33) succeeded 10th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire
On 3rd February 1903 Herbert Archer Croft 10th Baronet (age 34) and Katharine Agnes Parr Lady Croft (age 24) were married. She by marriage Lady Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire.
Around 11th August 1915 Herbert Archer Croft 10th Baronet (age 46) died. His son James (age 8) succeeded 11th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire
On 15th August 1941 James Herbert Croft 11th Baronet (age 34) was killed in action. His uncle Hugh (age 67) succeeded 12th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire
On 15th June 1954 Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft 12th Baronet (age 80) died. His son Bernard (age 50) succeeded 13th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire
In February 1984 Bernard Hugh Denman Croft 13th Baronet (age 80) died. His son Owen (age 51) succeeded 14th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire
Baronet Croft of Knole in Hampshire (2nd Creation)
Baronet Croft of Knole in Hampshire is also in Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronetcies of England.
1st: Henry Page Croft 1st Baron Croft. Died 1947. Son
2nd: Michael Henry Croft 2nd Baron Croft. Died 1997. Son
The London Gazette 32929. Whitehall, April 19, 1924.
Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom to the undermentioned gentlemen, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten:
Sir Otto John Beit, K.C.M.G.,of Tewin Water m the Parish of Tewin, in the County of Hertford.
Sir John Sutherland Harmood-Banner, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster Knight.
Sir Henry Herbert Hambling, of Yoxford, in the County of Suffolk, Knight
Brigadier-General Henry Page Croft (age 42), C.M.G., T.D., of Knole, in the Borough of Bournemouth and County of Southampton.
William Henry Barber, of Culham Court in the Parish of Remenham and County of Berks, Esquire.
Major Harry Barnston, of Ghurton, in the County of Chester.
John Mackintosh MacLeod,LL.D.,of Fuinary, Morven, in the County of Argyll, Esquire.
John Denton Marsden, of Gxunsby, in the County of Lincoln, Esquire.
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On 7th December 1947 Henry Page Croft 1st Baron Croft (age 66) died. His son Michael (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baron Croft of Bournemouth in Hampshire, 2nd Baronet Croft of Knole in Hampshire.
On 11th January 1997 Michael Henry Croft 2nd Baron Croft (age 80) died. His son Bernard (age 47) succeeded 3rd Baron Croft of Bournemouth in Hampshire, 3rd Baronet Croft of Knole in Hampshire.