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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.
Earl Bolingbroke is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
1st: Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke. Died 1646. Grandson.
2nd: Oliver St John 2nd Earl Bolingbroke. Died 1688. Brother.
3rd: Paulet St John 3rd Earl Bolingbroke. Died 1711. Extinct.
On 28th December 1624 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke (age 44) was created 1st Earl Bolingbroke by King James I of Scotland. Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Countess Bolingbroke.
Around July 1646 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke (age 66) died. His grandson Oliver (age 13) succeeded 2nd Earl Bolingbroke. Frances Cavendish Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Countess Bolingbroke.
On 18th March 1688 Oliver St John 2nd Earl Bolingbroke (age 55) died. His brother Paulet (age 53) succeeded 3rd Earl Bolingbroke, 7th Baron St John of Bletso.
On 5th October 1711 Paulet St John 3rd Earl Bolingbroke (age 76) died unmarried. Earl Bolingbroke extinct. His second cousin twice removed Paulet succeeded 8th Baron St John of Bletso.