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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1674 Thomas Thynne 1st Viscount Weymouth (age 34) was elected MP Oxford University.
In 1678 John Edisbury (age 32) was elected MP Oxford University.
In 1698 Christopher Musgrave 4th Baronet (age 66) was elected MP Oxford University.
In 1698 William Glynne 2nd Baronet (age 34) was elected MP Oxford University.
In March 1701 William Bromley (age 37) was elected MP Oxford University at a by-election. He continued to hold one of the university's two seats for the rest of his life.
On 2nd February 1737 William Bromley (age 38) was elected MP Oxford University, a seat his father had represented for thirty years. He died suddenly five weeks later.
On 16th December 1762 Walter Wagstaffe Bagot 5th Baronet (age 60) was elected MP Oxford University.
On 3rd February 1768 William Dolben 3rd Baronet (age 41) was elected MP Oxford University which seat he held for just over a month until 11th March 1768.
In 1780 William Dolben 3rd Baronet (age 53) was elected MP Oxford University which seat he held until 1806.
In 1854 William Heathcote 5th Baronet (age 52) was elected MP Oxford University which seat he held until 1868.
In 1868 John Gilbert Talbot (age 32) was elected MP Kent West which seat he held until 1878 when he resigned to contend a by-election to be MP Oxford University which he won.
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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 1878 John Gilbert Talbot (age 42) was elected MP Oxford University which he held until he stepped down in 1910.