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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 Villiers of Brooksby in Leicestershire is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
1st: William Villiers 1st Baronet. Died 1629. Son
2nd: George Villiers 2nd Baronet. Died 1682. Son
3rd: William Villiers 3rd Baronet. Died 1712. Extinct.
On 19th July 1619 William Villiers 1st Baronet (age 53) was created 1st Baronet Villiers of Brooksby in Leicestershire.
Before 1620 William Villiers 1st Baronet (age 53) and Rebecca Roper Lady Villiers were married. She by marriage Lady Villiers of Brooksby in Leicestershire.
Before 12th June 1629 William Villiers 1st Baronet (age 63) and Anne Griffin Lady Villiers (age 64) were married. She by marriage Lady Villiers of Brooksby in Leicestershire.
On 12th June 1629 William Villiers 1st Baronet (age 63) died. His son George (age 9) succeeded 2nd Baronet Villiers of Brooksby in Leicestershire.
In or before 1645 George Villiers 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Margaret Dynham Lady Villiers were married. She by marriage Lady Villiers of Brooksby in Leicestershire.
In 1682 George Villiers 2nd Baronet (age 62) died. His son William (age 37) succeeded 3rd Baronet Villiers of Brooksby in Leicestershire.
On 27th February 1712 William Villiers 3rd Baronet (age 67) died. Baronet Villiers of Brooksby in Leicestershire extinct.