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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.
Baron Baltimore of Longford in Leinster is in Baron Ireland.
In 1625 George Calvert 1st Baron Baltimore (age 45) was created 1st Baron Baltimore of Longford in Leinster.
On 15th April 1632 George Calvert 1st Baron Baltimore (age 52) died. His son Cecil (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baron Baltimore of Longford in Leinster. Ann Arundell Baroness Baltimore (age 16) by marriage Baroness Baltimore of Longford in Leinster.
On 30th November 1675 Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore (age 70) died. His son Charles (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baron Baltimore of Longford in Leinster. Jane Lowe Baroness Baltimore (age 31) by marriage Baroness Baltimore of Longford in Leinster.
On 2nd January 1699 Benedict Calvert 4th Baron Baltimore (age 19) and Charlotte Lee Baroness Baltimore (age 19) were married. She by marriage Baroness Baltimore of Longford in Leinster. She the daughter of Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 35) and Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 34).
Around 1705 Charles Calvert 3rd Baron Baltimore (age 67) and Mary Bankes Baroness Baltimore were married. She by marriage Baroness Baltimore of Longford in Leinster.
In 1712 Charles Calvert 3rd Baron Baltimore (age 74) and Margaret Charleton Baroness Baltimore were married. She by marriage Baroness Baltimore of Longford in Leinster.
On 21st February 1715 Charles Calvert 3rd Baron Baltimore (age 77) died. His son Benedict (age 35) succeeded 4th Baron Baltimore of Longford in Leinster.
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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.
On 16th April 1715 Benedict Calvert 4th Baron Baltimore (age 36) died. His son Charles (age 15) succeeded 5th Baron Baltimore of Longford in Leinster.
On 20th July 1730 Charles Calvert 5th Baron Baltimore (age 30) and Mary Janssen Baroness Baltimore were married. She by marriage Baroness Baltimore of Longford in Leinster.
On 24th April 1751 Charles Calvert 5th Baron Baltimore (age 51) died. His son Frederick (age 20) succeeded 6th Baron Baltimore of Longford in Leinster.
On 9th March 1753 Frederick Calvert 6th Baron Baltimore (age 22) and Diana Egerton Baroness Baltimore (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Baltimore of Longford in Leinster. She the daughter of Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater and Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater (age 46).
On 4th September 1771 Frederick Calvert 6th Baron Baltimore (age 40) died at Naples [Map]. Baron Baltimore of Longford in Leinster extinct. His body was returned to London, lying in state at the Great Room of Exeter Exchange, Strand, and was interred in his family's vault at St. Martin's "with much funeral pomp, the cavalcade extending from the church to the eastern extremity of Epsom".