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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 Peterborough is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
9th March 1628. John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough created.
18th June 1642. Son Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough succeeded.
19th June 1697. Nephew Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth succeeded.
25th October 1735. Grandson Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth succeeded.
1st August 1779. Son Charles Henry Mordaunt 5th Earl Peterborough 3rd Earl Monmouth succeeded.
16th June 1814. Charles Henry Mordaunt 5th Earl Peterborough 3rd Earl Monmouth extinct.
On 9th March 1628 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough was created 1st Earl Peterborough. Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 25) by marriage Countess Peterborough.
On 18th June 1642 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough died. His son Henry (age 20) succeeded 2nd Earl Peterborough, 6th Baron Mordaunt.
In 1644 Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough (age 22) and Penelope O'Brien Countess Peterborough (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Peterborough. She the daughter of Barnabas O'Brien 6th Earl Thomond and Anne or Mary Fermor (age 52). He the son of John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 41).
On 19th June 1697 Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough (age 75) died. His nephew Charles (age 39) succeeded 3rd Earl Peterborough. His daughter Mary (age 38) succeeded 7th Baroness Mordaunt. Carey Fraser Countess Peterborough and Monmouth (age 37) by marriage Countess Peterborough.
Before 1735 Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 26) and Mary Cox Countess Peterborough and Monmouth were married. She by marriage Countess Peterborough, Countess Monmouth.
On 25th October 1735 Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth (age 77) died. His grandson Charles (age 27) succeeded 4th Earl Peterborough, 2nd Earl Monmouth, 9th Baron Mordaunt, 3rd Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon, 3rd Baron Mordaunt of Reigate.
In 1755 Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 47) and Robiana Brown were married. She by marriage Countess Peterborough, Countess Monmouth.
On 1st August 1779 Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 71) died. His son Charles (age 21) succeeded 5th Earl Peterborough, 3rd Earl Monmouth, 10th Baron Mordaunt, 4th Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon, 4th Baron Mordaunt of Reigate.
On 16th June 1814 Charles Henry Mordaunt 5th Earl Peterborough 3rd Earl Monmouth (age 56) died. Earl Peterborough, Earl Monmouth, Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon, Baron Mordaunt of Reigate extinct. His half sister Mary (age 75) succeeded 11th Baroness Mordaunt.