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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 Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
1st: George Downing 1st Baronet. Died 1684. Son
2nd: George Downing 2nd Baronet. Died 1711. Son
3rd: George Downing 3rd Baronet. Died 1749. First Cousin.
4th: Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet. Died 1764. Extinct.
In 1663 George Downing 1st Baronet (age 38) was created 1st Baronet Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire. Frances Howard Lady Downing (age 30) by marriage Lady Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire.
Around 19th July 1684 George Downing 1st Baronet (age 59) died. His son George (age 28) succeeded 2nd Baronet Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire. Catherine Cecil Lady Downing by marriage Lady Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire.
In June 1711 George Downing 2nd Baronet (age 55) died. His son George (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baronet Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire. Mary Forester Lady Downing (age 27) by marriage Lady Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire.
On 10th June 1749 George Downing 3rd Baronet (age 63) died without issue. His first cousin Jacob (age 32) succeeded 4th Baronet Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire.
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 17th May 1750 Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet (age 33) and Margaret Price were married. She by marriage Lady Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire.
On 6th February 1764 Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet (age 47) died without issue at Hill Street, Berkeley Square. Baronet Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire extinct. The will of George Downing 3rd Baronet stated the estate should be left to establish a Cambridge college in his name if Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet had no son. Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet, however, left the estate to his widow Margaret Price leading to forty years of litigation.