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.
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Earl Enniskillen is in Earl Ireland.
In 1789 William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen [aged 52] was created 1st Earl Enniskillen. Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen [aged 47] by marriage Countess Enniskillen.
On 22nd May 1803 William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen [aged 67] died. His son John [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Enniskillen.
In 1805 John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen [aged 36] and Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Enniskillen. She the daughter of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge [aged 60] and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge [aged 63]. He the son of William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen and Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen.
On 31st March 1840 John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen [aged 72] died. His son William [aged 33] succeeded 3rd Earl Enniskillen, 2nd Baron Grinstead of Grinstead in Wiltshire.
On 16th January 1844 William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 36] and Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen were married. She by marriage Countess Enniskillen. He the son of John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen and Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen.
In 1865 William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 57] and Mary Emma Brodrick Countess Enniskillen [aged 38] were married. She by marriage Countess Enniskillen. He the son of John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen and Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen.
On 12th November 1886 William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 79] died. His son Lowry [aged 40] succeeded 4th Earl Enniskillen, 3rd Baron Grinstead of Grinstead in Wiltshire. Charlotte Marion Baird Countess of Enniskillen [aged 34] by marriage Countess Enniskillen.
On 17th June 1956 Katherine Mary Cole [aged 82] died. Her brother John [aged 79] succeeded 5th Earl Enniskillen, 4th Baron Grinstead of Grinstead in Wiltshire.
On 19th February 1963 John Henry Cole 5th Earl of Enniskillen [aged 86] died. His nephew David [aged 44] succeeded 6th Earl Enniskillen, 5th Baron Grinstead of Grinstead in Wiltshire.
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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On 30th May 1989 David Lowry Cole 6th Earl of Enniskillen [aged 70] died. His son Andrew [aged 47] succeeded 7th Earl Enniskillen, 6th Baron Grinstead of Grinstead in Wiltshire.