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High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire

High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire is in High Sheriff.

In 1278 John Cheyne was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1410 Thomas Strickland (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1414 Thomas Strickland (age 47) was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1444 John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1498 David Phelip of Chenies was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

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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.

In 1570 Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt (age 31) was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1584 Robert Dormer 1st Baron Dormer (age 32) was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1595 Edward Tyrrell (age 44) was elected High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1601 William Borlase of Little Marlow (age 37) was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1626 Gilbert Gerard 1st Baronet (age 38) was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1747 Richard Grenville-Temple 2nd Earl Temple (age 35) was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1846 William Clayton 5th Baronet (age 59) was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1995 Henry Egerton Aubrey-Fletcher 8th Baronet (age 49) was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

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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.

In 2006 Henry Egerton Aubrey-Fletcher 8th Baronet (age 60) was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.