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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.
Viscount Gormanston is in Viscount Ireland.
On 7th August 1478 Robert Preston 1st Viscount Gormanston (age 43) was created 1st Viscount Gormanston.
Before 1503 Robert Preston 1st Viscount Gormanston (age 67) and Janet Molyneux Viscountess Gormanston (age 72) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Gormanston.
In 1503 Robert Preston 1st Viscount Gormanston (age 68) died. His son William succeeded 2nd Viscount Gormanston, 5th Baron Gormanston.
In 1531 Jenico Preston 3rd Viscount Gormanston (age 29) and Catherine Fitzgerald Viscountess Gormanston were married. She by marriage Viscountess Gormanston. She the daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare (age 44) and Elizabeth Grey Countess Kildare (age 34).
On 21st September 1532 William Preston 2nd Viscount Gormanston died. His son Jenico (age 30) succeeded 2nd Viscount Gormanston, 5th Baron Gormanston.
In 1560 Jenico Preston 3rd Viscount Gormanston (age 58) died. His son Christopher (age 14) succeeded 4th Viscount Gormanston.
On 24th January 1600 Christopher Preston 4th Viscount Gormanston (age 54) died. His son Jenico (age 16) succeeded 5th Viscount Gormanston.
Before 1608 Jenico Preston 5th Viscount Gormanston (age 23) and Margaret St Lawrence Countess Fingall were married. She by marriage Viscountess Gormanston.
On 14th March 1630 Jenico Preston 5th Viscount Gormanston (age 46) died. His son Nicholas (age 22) succeeded 6th Viscount Gormanston.
In 1643 Nicholas Preston 6th Viscount Gormanston (age 35) died. His son Jenico (age 13) succeeded 7th Viscount Gormanston.