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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.
Gentlemen is in Royal Household.
The London Gazette 21239. St. James's-Palace, February 27, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John William (age 40), Earl of Sandwich, to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of Thomas Henry (age 43), Lord Foley, resigned.
The London Gazette 21397. St. James's-Palace, December 30, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Henry Lord Foley (age 44) to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of John-William (age 41), Earl of Sandwich, resigned.
The London Gazette 25488. St. James's Palace, July 6, 1885. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint George William (age 47), Earl of Coventry, to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, in the room of Charles Robert, Lord Carrington, G.C.M.G., resigned.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint George Florance, Lord Boston, to be one of Her Majesty's Lords in Waiting in Ordinary, in the room of Charles Douglas Richard (age 45), Lord Sudeley, resigned.
The London Gazette 25558. St. James's Palace, February 10, 1886. THE Queen has been pleased to make the following appointments in Her Majesty's Household:— .
Valentine Augustus (age 60), Earl of Kenmare, K.P., to be Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Edward (age 48), Earl of Lathom, resigned.
Charles Douglas Richard (age 45), Lord Sudeley to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of George William (age 47), Earl of Coventry, resigned.
William John, Lord Monson to be Captain of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of George William (age 61), Viscount Barrington, resigned.
The Honourable Charles Robert Spencer (age 28), M.P., to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of Sir Henry Fletcher (age 50), Bart., M.P., resigned.
Around 1509 William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl of Southampton (age 19) was appointed Gentleman Usher.
Around 1510 John Gostwick (age 30) was appointed Gentleman Usher to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 18).
by 1522 Edward Littleton (age 17) was appointed Gentleman Usher. Around the same time he was appointed Constable of Stafford Castle.
In 1795 Thomas Brooke-Pechell 2nd Baronet (age 41) was appointed Gentleman Usher to Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 50).
In 1822 William Pole Tylney Long Wellesley 4th Earl Mornington (age 33) was appointed Gentleman Usher.
On 5th December 1698 Admiral David Mitchell (age 48) was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
On 25th July 1832 Augustus Clifford 1st Baronet (age 44) was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod by his half-brother William Cavendish 6th Duke Devonshire (age 42) which office he held for life.
Before 1542 Philip Hoby (age 36) was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber.
Before 1619 Thomas Stafford (age 44) was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber.
All About History Books
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.
In 1629 James Palmer (age 43) was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber.
Before 1st July 1690 Henry Hobart 4th Baronet (age 33) was appointed Gentleman of the Horse to King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 39).
In 1527 Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys (age 29) was appointed Gentleman of the King's Chamber.
In or before 1521 Francis Bryan (age 30) was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber.
In 1539 Maurice Berkeley (age 33) was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 47).
In 1547 Maurice Berkeley (age 41) was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Edward VI of England and Ireland (age 9).
In 1660 Charles Wheler 2nd Baronet (age 40) was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber.
In June 1660 Thomas Ingram (age 45) was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber.
In 1455 Thomas Tresham (age 35) was appointed Usher of the King's Chamber.