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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 Esplen of Hardres Court in Canterbury in Kent is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronetcies of England.
1st: John Esplen 1st Baronet. Died 1930. Son
2nd: William Graham Esplen 2nd Baronet. Died 1989. Son
3rd: John Graham Esplen 3rd Baronet. Died 2016. Son
4th: William John Harry Esplen. Extant.
On 14th July 1921 John Esplen 1st Baronet (age 58) was created 1st Baronet Esplen of Hardres Court in Canterbury in Kent.
On 7th February 1930 John Esplen 1st Baronet (age 66) died. His son William (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Esplen of Hardres Court in Canterbury in Kent
In 1989 William Graham Esplen 2nd Baronet (age 89) died. His son John (age 56) succeeded 3rd Baronet Esplen of Hardres Court in Canterbury in Kent.
On 26th March 2016 John Graham Esplen 3rd Baronet (age 83) died. His son William (age 49) succeeded 4th Baronet Esplen of Hardres Court in Canterbury in Kent.