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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 Shaftesbury is in Member Parliament.
In 1421 John Hody was elected MP Shaftesbury. He was re-elected in 1422, 1423, 1425 and 1427.
In 1547 John Arundell (age 17) was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1597 John Davies (age 27) was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1604 Robert Hopton of Witham (age 29) was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1621 Percy Herbert 2nd Baron Powis (age 23) was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1701 John Cropley 2nd Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Shaftesbury unopposed. He was re-elected unopposed in 1702, 1705 and 1708. He was defeated in 1710. He didn't stand in 1713.
Between 1718 and 1734 Edward des Bouverie 2nd Baronet (age 28) was elected MP Shaftesbury in three Parliaments.
In 1726 Stephen Fox-Strangways 1st Earl of Ilchester (age 21) was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1754 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan (age 28) was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1790 Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham (age 25) was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1820 Edward Harbord 3rd Baron Suffield (age 38) was elected MP Shaftesbury.