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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 1703 John Dalrymple 1st Earl of Stair (age 54) was created 1st Earl of Stair.
On 9th May 1747 John Dalrymple 2nd Earl of Stair (age 73) died. His nephew James (age 48) succeeded 3rd Earl of Stair.
On 13th November 1760 James Dalrymple 3rd Earl of Stair (age 61) died. His brother William (age 61) succeeded 4th Earl of Stair.
On 27th July 1768 William Dalrymple Crichton 5th Earl Dumfries 4th Earl of Stair (age 69) died. Patrick Mcdouall Crichton 6th Earl Dumfries (age 41) succeeded 6th Earl Dumfries. His first cousin John (age 48) succeeded 4th Earl of Stair.
In 1789 John Dalrymple 5th Earl of Stair (age 69) died. His son John (age 40) succeeded 6th Earl of Stair.
On 1st June 1821 John Dalrymple 6th Earl of Stair (age 72) died without issue. His first cousin John (age 36) succeeded 7th Earl of Stair.
On 22nd March 1840 John Dalrymple 7th Earl of Stair (age 55) died without issue. His third cousin once removed John (age 68) succeeded 8th Earl of Stair.
On 10th January 1853 John Dalrymple 8th Earl of Stair (age 81) died. His brother North (age 77) succeeded 8th Earl of Stair.
On 9th November 1864 North Dalrymple 9th Earl of Stair (age 88) died. His son John (age 45) succeeded 10th Earl of Stair.
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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 3rd December 1903 John Dalrymple 10th Earl of Stair (age 84) died. His son John (age 55) succeeded 11th Earl of Stair.
On 2nd December 1914 John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair (age 66) died. His son John (age 35) succeeded 12th Earl of Stair.
On 4th November 1961 John James Dalrymple 12th Earl of Stair (age 82) died. His son John (age 55) succeeded 13th Earl of Stair.
On 27th February 1996 John Aymer Dalrymple 13th Earl of Stair (age 89) died. His son John (age 34) succeeded 14th Earl of Stair.
In 2006 John Dalrymple 14th Earl of Stair (age 44) and Emily Mary Stonor Countess of Stair (age 36) were married. She by marriage Countess of Stair. He the son of John Aymer Dalrymple 13th Earl of Stair and Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon (age 76).