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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.
MP Bletchingley is in Member Parliament. See Bletchingley, Surrey [Map].
In 1542 Thomas Cawarden of Bletchingly and Nonsuch was elected MP Bletchingley.
In 1547 Thomas Cawarden of Bletchingly and Nonsuch was elected MP Bletchingley.
In March 1553 Maurice Berkeley (age 47) was elected MP Bletchingley.
In 1597 John Trevor (age 34) was elected MP Bletchingley.
In 1604 and 1614 John Trevor (age 41) was elected MP Bletchingley.
In 1625 Thomas Gresham (age 78) was elected MP Bletchingley.
In 1677 Robert Clayton (age 48) purchased the manor of Bletchingley by which he gained control of the two seats for MP Bletchingley.
In 1685 Ambrose Browne (age 25) was elected MP Bletchingley.
In 1745 William Clayton (age 27) was elected MP Bletchingley which seat he held until 1761.
In February 1789 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Bletchingley.
In 1805 Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne 1st Baron Colborne (age 25) was elected MP Bletchingley which seat he held until 1806.