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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.

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Viscount Chaworth in County Armagh

Viscount Chaworth in County Armagh is in Viscount Ireland.

On 4th March 1628 George Chaworth 1st Viscount Chaworth [aged 74] was created 1st Viscount Chaworth in County Armagh.

Before 1632 John Chaworth 2nd Viscount Chaworth [aged 26] and Elizabeth Noel Viscountess Chaworth [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Chaworth in County Armagh.

On 3rd July 1639 George Chaworth 1st Viscount Chaworth [aged 85] died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Langar. His son John [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Viscount Chaworth in County Armagh.

On 13th December 1643 John Chaworth 2nd Viscount Chaworth [aged 38] and Anne Hickman Viscountess Chaworth were married at Gainsborough [Map]. She by marriage Viscountess Chaworth in County Armagh.

In June 1644 John Chaworth 2nd Viscount Chaworth [aged 39] died. His son Patrick [aged 8] succeeded 3rd Viscount Chaworth in County Armagh.

In or before 1655 Patrick Chaworth 3rd Viscount Chaworth [aged 19] and Grace Manners Viscountess Chaworth were married. She by marriage Viscountess Chaworth in County Armagh. She the daughter of John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 50] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 40]. They were third cousins.