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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 Gardner is in Baron Ireland.
In 1800 Alan Gardner 1st Baron Gardner (age 57) was created 1st Baron Gardner.
On 1st January 1809 Alan Gardner 1st Baron Gardner (age 66) died. His son Alan (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baron Gardner.
On 10th April 1809 Alan Hyde Gardner 2nd Baron Gardner (age 39) and Charlotte Elizabeth Smith Baroness Gardner were married. She by marriage Baroness Gardner.
On 22nd December 1815 Alan Hyde Gardner 2nd Baron Gardner (age 45) died. His son Alan (age 5) succeeded 3rd Baron Gardner.
In 1835 Alan Legge Gardner 3rd Baron Gardner (age 24) and Frances Margaret Hughes Baroness Gardner (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Gardner.
In December 1848 Alan Legge Gardner 3rd Baron Gardner (age 38) and Julia Sarah Hayfield Fortescue Baroness Gardner (age 31) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Gardner.
On 2nd November 1883 Alan Legge Gardner 3rd Baron Gardner (age 73) died. Baron Gardner extinct. Some sources describe the title as Dormant.