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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.

Marquess Drogheda

Marquess Drogheda is in Marquis and Marquess Ireland.

In July 1791 Charles Moore 1st Marquess Drogheda (age 61) was created 1st Marquess Drogheda.

On 22nd December 1822 Charles Moore 1st Marquess Drogheda (age 92) died. His son Edward (age 52) succeeded 2nd Marquess Drogheda, 7th Earl Drogheda, 9th Viscount Moore of Drogheda, 9th Baron Moore of Mellefont in Louth.

On 6th February 1837 Edward Moore 2nd Marquess Drogheda (age 66) died unmarried. His nephew Henry (age 11) succeeded 3rd Marquess Drogheda, 8th Earl Drogheda, 10th Viscount Moore of Drogheda, 10th Baron Moore of Mellefont in Louth.

On 25th August 1847 Henry Seymour Moore 3rd Marquess Drogheda (age 22) and Mary Caroline Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Marchioness Drogheda (age 20) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Drogheda. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 29th June 1892 Henry Seymour Moore 3rd Marquess Drogheda (age 66) died. Marquess Drogheda extinct. His second cousin once removed Ponsonby (age 46) succeeded 9th Earl Drogheda, 11th Viscount Moore of Drogheda, 11th Baron Moore of Mellefont in Louth.