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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 Ludlow of Ardsalaa in Meath is in Baron Ireland.
In 1755 Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow (age 24) was created 1st Baron Ludlow of Ardsalaa in Meath. Frances Lumley-Saunderson Countess Ludlow by marriage Baroness Ludlow of Ardsalaa in Meath.
On 26th October 1803 Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow (age 73) died. His son Augustus succeeded 2nd Earl Ludlow, 2nd Viscount Preston of Ardsalaa in Meath, 2nd Baron Ludlow of Ardsalaa in Meath.
In 1811 Augustus Ludlow 2nd Earl Ludlow died. His brother George (age 52) succeeded 3rd Earl Ludlow, 3rd Viscount Preston of Ardsalaa in Meath, 3rd Baron Ludlow of Ardsalaa in Meath.
On 16th April 1842 George Ludlow 3rd Earl Ludlow (age 83) died unmarried. Earl Ludlow, Viscount Preston of Ardsalaa in Meath, Baron Ludlow of Ardsalaa in Meath, Baron Ludlow extinct.