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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.
On 31st January 1688 [his father] David Murray 5th Viscount of Stormont (age 23) and [his mother] Marjory Scott Viscountess Stormont were married.
On 2nd March 1705 William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield was born to David Murray 5th Viscount of Stormont (age 40) and Marjory Scott Viscountess Stormont.
On 19th November 1731 [his father] David Murray 5th Viscount of Stormont (age 66) died. His son [his brother] David (age 41) succeeded 6th Viscount Stormont.
On 20th September 1738 William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield (age 33) and Elizabeth Finch Countess Mansfield (age 34) were married. She by marriage Countess Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. She the daughter of Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea and Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea.
On 14th April 1742 [his sister-in-law] Henrietta Finch Duchess of Cleveland Duchess Southampton (age 40) died.
On 8th April 1746 [his mother] Marjory Scott Viscountess Stormont died.
In 1756 William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield (age 50) was created 1st Baron Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.
On 2nd August 1769 [his brother-in-law] Daniel Finch 8th Earl Winchilsea 3rd Earl Nottingham (age 80) died. His nephew George (age 16) succeeded 9th Earl Winchilsea, 9th Viscount Maidstone, 4th Earl Nottingham, 4th Baron Finch Daventry, 10th Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
On 21st January 1773 [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset (age 80) died.
1775. David Martin (age 37). Portrait of William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield (age 69).
All About History Books
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.
In 1776 William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield (age 70) was created 1st Earl Mansfield in Nottinghamshire with a special remainder to Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield (age 18) the second wife of his nephew David Murray (age 48).
On 10th April 1784 [his wife] Elizabeth Finch Countess Mansfield (age 80) died.
In 1792 William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield (age 86) was created 1st Earl Mansfield in Middlesex with a special remainder to his nephew David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 64). There was no such place as Mansfield in Middlesex; it was invented to differentiate it from the earlier Mansfield in Nottinghamshire creation.
On 20th March 1793 William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield (age 88) died. Baron Mansfield in Nottinghamshire extinct. His nephew David (age 65) succeeded 2nd Earl Mansfield in Middlesex. Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield (age 35) by marriage Countess Mansfield in Middlesex. His niece-in-law Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield succeeded 2nd Countess Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Andrew Murray 1st Lord Balvaird
GrandFather: David Murray 4th Viscount of Stormont
Father: David Murray 5th Viscount of Stormont
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Carnegie of Colluthie
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Carnegie 1st Earl Southesk
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Carnegie 2nd Earl Southesk
GrandMother: Jean Carnegie Viscountess Stormont
William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield
Great x 1 Grandfather: David Scott of Scotstarvit
GrandFather: David Scott of Scotstarvit
Mother: Marjory Scott Viscountess Stormont