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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.

Biography of George Leicester aka Warren 2nd Baron Tabley 1811-1887

On 9th November 1810 [his father] John Fleming Leicester 1st Baron Tabley (age 48) and [his mother] Georgiana Cottin Baroness Tabley (age 16) were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

On 28th October 1811 George Leicester aka Warren 2nd Baron Tabley was born to John Fleming Leicester 1st Baron Tabley (age 49) and Georgiana Cottin Baroness Tabley (age 17). King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 49) was his godfather. He was educated at Eton College [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University.

On 18th April 1827 [his father] John Fleming Leicester 1st Baron Tabley (age 65) died at Tabley House, Cheshire. His son George (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Tabley, 6th Baronet Leicester of Timogue in Queen's County.

On 10th July 1828 [his step-father] Reverend Frederick Leicester (age 25) and [his mother] Georgiana Cottin Baroness Tabley (age 34) were married. She the former wife of his uncle [his father] John Fleming Leicester 1st Baron Tabley who had died fifteen months before. As the Church of England prohibited aunt-nephew marriages, Frederick resigned from his post to avoid expulsion. The union forfeited £500 of Georgina's annual £1,500 widow's jointure.

Creevey Papers. [1st September 1828]. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Smythe Owen and I have lived in the most perfect harmony since 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, but other human being have I seen none, except the parson at church yesterday, whom I was in hopes to have seen more of. He is Mr. Leicester, nephew to the late Lord de Tabley. ... Having known his father in the days of my youth at Cambridge as by far the most ultra and impertinent dandy of his day, I was curious to see the son. It was precisely the same thing over again. This beautiful youth [[his step-father] Reverend Frederick Leicester (age 26)] (for such he is), aged 27, has been appointed by the Court of Chancery guardian to his nephew [Note. cousin] Lord de Tabley (age 16), aged 16. About 6 weeks ago, he was married to his aunt [his mother] Lady de Tabley (age 34), who expects to be confined next month. I am sorry she is not [illegible] for this second marriage. On her part she forfeits £500 a year out of her jointure of £1500; and his diocesan, the Bishop of Lichfield, has given him notice he shall eject him from his living for marrying his aunt, which reduces his income to nothing. ..."

Around 1830. Margaret Sarah Carpenter nee Geddes (age 37). Portrait of George Leicester aka Warren 2nd Baron Tabley (age 18).

In 1832 George Leicester aka Warren 2nd Baron Tabley (age 20) changed his surname from Leicester to Warren in compliance with the will of Elizabeth Warren Viscountess Bulkeley (age 72) whose estate he inherited. The second time the famiy had changed surnames being originally Byrne.

On 26th April 1835 [his son] John Warren 3rd Baron Tabley was born to George Leicester aka Warren 2nd Baron Tabley (age 23).

In 1859 [his mother] Georgiana Cottin Baroness Tabley (age 65) died.

On 19th October 1887 George Leicester aka Warren 2nd Baron Tabley (age 75) died. His son [his son] John (age 52) succeeded 3rd Baron Tabley, 7th Baronet Leicester of Timogue in Queen's County.