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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.
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In 1646 John Lyon 2nd Earl Kinghorne (age 50) died. His son Patrick (age 2) succeeded 3rd Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 23rd August 1662 Patrick Lyon 3rd Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 19) and Helen Middleton Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne. She the daughter of John Middleton 1st Earl Middleton (age 54) and Grizel Durham Countess Middleton. He the son of John Lyon 2nd Earl Kinghorne and Elizabeth Maule Countess Kinghorne and Linlithgow.
On 15th May 1695 Patrick Lyon 3rd Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 51) died. His son John (age 32) succeeded 4th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. Elizabeth Stanhope Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 32) by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.
In 1712 John Lyon 4th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 49) died. His son John (age 15) succeeded 5th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 13th November 1715 John Lyon 5th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 19) was killed at Sheriffmuir during the Battle of Sheriffmuir fighting for the Jacobites. His brother Charles (age 16) succeeded 6th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 11th May 1728 Charles Lyon 6th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 28) was killed accidentally. Two days previously he had been attending a funeral after which, drunk, he and friends adjourned to a tavern. During a scuffle resulting from high spirits he was accidentally wounded by a sword thrust intended for his friend who he had pushed aside dying forty nine hours later. The subsquent murder trial established the "not guilty" verdict (in addition to "proven" and "not proven") in Scots Law and the right of Scots juries to try the whole case and not just the facts known as Jury Nullification.
James Lyon 7th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 25) succeeded 7th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 4th January 1735 James Lyon 7th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 32) died without issue. His brother Thomas (age 30) succeeded 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 20th June 1736 Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 32) and Jean Nicholson were married at Houghton le Spring, County Durham. She by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne. He the son of John Lyon 4th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne and Elizabeth Stanhope Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 18th January 1753 Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 49) died. His son John (age 15) succeeded 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 24th February 1767 John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 29) and Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne. He the son of Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne and Jean Nicholson.
On 7th March 1776 John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 38) died. His son John (age 6) succeeded 10th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 3rd July 1820 John Lyon 10th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 51) died. His brother Thomas (age 47) succeeded 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. Marianna Cheape Countess Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 47) by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 27th August 1846 Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 73) died. His grandson Thomas (age 23) succeeded 12th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 30th April 1850 Thomas Lyon Bowes 12th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 27) and Charlotte Maria Barrington Countess of Strathmore (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne. They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 13th September 1865 Thomas Lyon Bowes 12th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 42) died. His brother Claude (age 41) succeeded 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 33) by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 16th February 1904 Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 79) died at Bordighera, Imperia. His son Claude (age 48) succeeded 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 41) by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.
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.
On 7th November 1944 Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 89) died. His son Patrick (age 60) succeeded 15th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne (age 55) by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 25th May 1949 Patrick Bowes-Lyon 15th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 64) died at Angus. His son Timothy (age 31) succeeded 16th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.