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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.
Constable of England is in Constable.
In 1199 Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford (age 23) was appointed Constable of England.
In 1372 Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 16) was appointed Constable of England.
In 1404 John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 31) was appointed Constable of England.
On 9th April 1413 King Henry V of England (age 26) was crowned V King of England by Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 60) at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Duke Lancaster merged with the Crown.
Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 31) was appointed Lord High Steward. Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh (age 55) was appointed Constable of England.
In 1445 John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 35) was appointed Constable of England.
After 25th May 1455 Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 43) was appointed Constable of England.
On 7th February 1462 John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester (age 34) was appointed Constable of England. See Patent Rolls.
On 24th August 1467 Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 62) was appointed Constable of England.
Before 6th July 1483 Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 48) was appointed Constable of England.
Close Rolls Edward IV Edward V Richard III 1476-1485. 15th July 1483 Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 28) was appointed Constable of England. King Richard III of England (age 30). Westminster Palace [Map]. Grant for life to the king's kinsman Henry, Duke of Buckingham, of divers specified offices and powers in North and South Wales and the marches.
The like to the same of the office of constable of England, with the accustomed fees. By p.s.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1509. 23rd June 1509. 87. Edward Duke of Buckingham (age 31). To be Great Constable of England on 23 June only, viz., the day preceding the Coronation. S.B. [211.]
On 20th February 1547 King Edward VI of England and Ireland (age 9) was crowned VI King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (age 57).
John Russell 1st Earl Bedford (age 62) was appointed Lord High Steward. Henry Fitzalan 12th or 19th Earl of Arundel (age 34) was appointed Constable of England.
Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 18), George Vernon "King of the Peak" (age 39), Richard Devereux (age 34) and William Sharington (age 52) were created Knight of the Bath.
Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon (age 33), Edward Courtenay, William Sharington, John Shelton (age 44) and Walter Buckler were knighted.
Edward Dymoke (age 39) attended as the King's Champion.
Alexander Unton (age 53) and Edward Rogers (age 49) were knighted.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th June 1667. At noon I am told that my Lord Duke of Albemarle (age 58) is made Constable of England; the meaning whereof at this time I know not, nor whether it, be true or no.
On 23rd April 1685 King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 51) was crowned II King England Scotland and Ireland by Archbishop William Sancroft (age 68). Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland (age 26) crowned Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland.
Bishop Francis Turner (age 47) preached the sermon.
John Ashburnham 1st Baron Ashburnham (age 29) carried the canopy being one of the Barons of the Cinque Ports at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 21) was appointed Constable of England.
Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford was appointed Constable of England.
Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex was appointed Constable of England.
Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex was appointed Constable of England.
Humphrey Bohun was appointed Constable of England.