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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 Helston is in Member Parliament.
In 1545 John Arundell (age 15) was elected MP Helston.
In 1572 William Killigrew (age 17) was elected MP Helston.
In 1614 Robert Killigrew (age 34) was elected MP Helston at Bath, Somerset [Map].
In 1621 Thomas Stafford (age 47) was elected MP Helston.
In 1625 Francis Godolphin (age 19) was elected MP Helston.
In 1628 Sidney Godolphin (age 17) was elected MP Helston.
In March 1640 Sidney Godolphin (age 30) was elected MP Helston during the Short Parliament.
In October 1640 Sidney Godolphin (age 30) was elected MP Helston during the Long Parliament.
In 1665 William Godolphin 1st Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Helston.
On 4th February 1702 Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin (age 23) was elected MP Helston.
On 15th December 1708 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 26) was elected MP Helston at a by-election. He didn't stand for election in 1710.
In 1727 John Evelyn 2nd Baronet (age 20) was elected unopposed MP Helston.
In 1734 John Evelyn 2nd Baronet (age 27) was elected unopposed MP Helston.
In 1741 Francis Godolphin 2nd Baron Goldolphin (age 34) was elected MP Helston.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1747 John Evelyn 2nd Baronet (age 40) was elected MP Helston.
In 1754 John Evelyn 2nd Baronet (age 47) was elected unopposed MP Helston.
In 1761 John Evelyn 2nd Baronet (age 54) was elected unopposed MP Helston.
In 1774 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 22) was elected MP Helston.
In 1799 Francis Osborne 1st Baron Godolphin (age 21) was elected MP Helston.
In 1802 James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury (age 23) was elected MP Helston.
In 1820 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 21) was elected MP Helston.
In 1830 Samuel John Brooke-Pechell 3rd Baronet (age 44) was elected MP Helston which seat he held until 1831.
In 1837 George John Frederick Sackville (age 22) was elected MP Helston.