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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.
Earl Inchiquin is in Earl Ireland.
In May 1654 Murdough O'Brien 1st Earl Inchiquin (age 40) was created 1st Earl Inchiquin. Elizabeth St Leger Countess Inchiquin by marriage Countess Inchiquin.
On 9th September 1674 Murdough O'Brien 1st Earl Inchiquin (age 60) died. He was buried at St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, County Limerick. His son William (age 34) succeeded 2nd Earl Inchiquin.
On 16th January 1692 William O'Brien 2nd Earl Inchiquin (age 52) died. His son William (age 30) succeeded 3rd Earl Inchiquin. Mary Villiers Countess Inchiquin by marriage Countess Inchiquin.
On 24th December 1719 William O'Brien 3rd Earl Inchiquin (age 57) died. His son William (age 19) succeeded 4th Earl Inchiquin.
On 29th March 1720 William O'Brien 4th Earl Inchiquin (age 20) and Anne Hamilton 2nd Countess Orkney and Inchiquin were married. She by marriage Countess Inchiquin. She the daughter of George Hamilton 1st Earl Orkney (age 54) and Elizabeth Villiers Countess Orkney (age 63). He the son of William O'Brien 3rd Earl Inchiquin and Mary Villiers Countess Inchiquin. They were first cousins.
On 18th July 1777 Murrough O'Brien 1st Marquess Thomond (age 51) succeeded 5th Earl Inchiquin. Mary O'Brien 3rd Countess Orkney and Inchquin (age 56) by marriage Countess Inchiquin.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 10th February 1808 Murrough O'Brien 1st Marquess Thomond (age 82) died. His nephew William (age 43) succeeded 2nd Marquess Thomond, 6th Earl Inchiquin. Rebecca Trotter Marchioness Thomond (age 33) by marriage Marchioness Thomond.
On 21st August 1846 William O'Brien 2nd Marquess Thomond (age 81) died. On 21st August 1846 His brother James (age 77) succeeded 3rd Marquess Thomond, 7th Earl Inchiquin.
William O'Brien 2nd Earl Inchiquin and Margaret Boyle Countess Inchiquin were married. She by marriage Countess Inchiquin. She the daughter of Roger Boyle 1st Earl Orrery and Margaret Howard Countess Orrery. He the son of Murdough O'Brien 1st Earl Inchiquin and Elizabeth St Leger Countess Inchiquin.