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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 Cornwallis is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
1753. Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis created.
23rd June 1762. Son Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis succeeded.
5th October 1805. Son Charles Cornwallis 2nd Marquess Cornwallis succeeded.
9th August 1823. Uncle James Cornwallis 4th Earl Cornwallis succeeded.
20th January 1824. Son James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis succeeded.
21st May 1852. James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis extinct.
In 1753 Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 52) was created 1st Earl Cornwallis. Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis by marriage Countess Cornwallis.
On 23rd June 1762 Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 62) died. His son Charles (age 23) succeeded 2nd Earl Cornwallis, 6th Baron Cornwallis.
On 14th July 1768 Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis (age 29) and Jemima Tullekin Jones Countess Cornwallis were married. She by marriage Countess Cornwallis. He the son of Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis and Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis.
On 5th October 1805 Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis (age 66) died at Gauspur, Ghazipur. His son Charles (age 30) succeeded 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, 3rd Earl Cornwallis, 7th Baron Cornwallis. Louisa Gordon Marchioness Cornwallis (age 28) by marriage Marchioness Cornwallis.
On 9th August 1823 Charles Cornwallis 2nd Marquess Cornwallis (age 48) died. Marquess Cornwallis extinct. His uncle James (age 80) succeeded 4th Earl Cornwallis, 8th Baron Cornwallis.
On 20th January 1824 James Cornwallis 4th Earl Cornwallis (age 80) died. His son James (age 45) succeeded 5th Earl Cornwallis, 9th Baron Cornwallis, and inherited his estates of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] and Linton.
On 21st May 1852 James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis (age 73) died. Earl Cornwallis, Baron Cornwallis extinct. His daughter Jemima Isabella Mann inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].