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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Baronet Mainwaring of Over Peover is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
Summary
1689. Thomas Mainwaring 1st Baronet [aged 65] created.
28th June 1689. Son John Mainwaring 2nd Baronet [aged 33] succeeded.
4th November 1702. Son Thomas Mainwaring 3rd Baronet [aged 21] succeeded.
20th September 1726. Nephew Henry Mainwaring 4th Baronet succeeded.
6th April 1797. Henry Mainwaring 4th Baronet extinct.
In 1689 Thomas Mainwaring 1st Baronet [aged 65] was created 1st Baronet Mainwaring of Over Peover.
On 28th June 1689 Thomas Mainwaring 1st Baronet [aged 66] died. His son John [aged 33] succeeded 2nd Baronet Mainwaring of Over Peover.
On 4th November 1702 John Mainwaring 2nd Baronet [aged 46] died. His son Thomas [aged 21] succeeded 3rd Baronet Mainwaring of Over Peover.
On 4th November 1719 Elizabeth Whitley died.
Monument at St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover [Map].
John Mainwaring 2nd Baronet: On 8th May 1656 he was born to Thomas Mainwaring 1st Baronet and Mary Delves. Before 7th August 1681 John Mainwaring 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Whitley were married. They were fourth cousins. On 28th June 1689 Thomas Mainwaring 1st Baronet died. His son John succeeded 2nd Baronet Mainwaring of Over Peover.
Thomas Mainwaring 3rd Baronet: On 7th August 1681 he was born to John Mainwaring 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Whitley. Before 20th September 1726 Thomas Mainwaring 3rd Baronet and Martha Lloyd were married. On 20th September 1726 Thomas Mainwaring 3rd Baronet died. His nephew Henry succeeded 4th Baronet Mainwaring of Over Peover.
On 20th September 1726 Thomas Mainwaring 3rd Baronet [aged 45] died. His nephew Henry succeeded 4th Baronet Mainwaring of Over Peover.
On 6th April 1797 Henry Mainwaring 4th Baronet [aged 70] died unmarried. Baronet Mainwaring of Over Peover extinct. Thomas Wittenhall [aged 61] succeeded to the Over Peover, Cheshire estates and adopted the name and arms of Mainwaring, in compliance with the will of his half-brother Henry Mainwaring 4th Baronet.