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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.
Around 1666 George Thorold 1st Baronet was born to Charles Thorold Ironmonger.
On 3rd May 1709 George Thorold 1st Baronet (age 43) was elected Alderman of Cordwainer Ward.
On 9th September 1709 George Thorold 1st Baronet (age 43) was created 1st Baronet Thorold of Harmston with a special remainder, if he had no sons, to his younger brother [his brother] Samuel Thorold 2nd Baronet (age 36).
In 1710 George Thorold 1st Baronet (age 44) was elected Sheriff of London.
In 1713 George Thorold 1st Baronet (age 47) and Elizabeth Rushout Countess Northampton were married.
In 1720 George Thorold 1st Baronet (age 54) was elected Lord Mayor of London.
On 29th October 1722 George Thorold 1st Baronet (age 56) died without suriving issue at Bloomsbury Square. His brother [his brother] Samuel (age 49) succeeded 2nd Baronet Thorold of Harmston.
After 29th October 1722. All Saints Church, Harmston [Map]. Monument to George Thorold 1st Baronet (deceased).
On 3rd July 1726 George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 61) and [his former wife] Elizabeth Rushout Countess Northampton were married. She by marriage Countess of Northampton. He the son of James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton and Mary Noel Countess Northampton.
On 15th January 1750 [his former wife] Elizabeth Rushout Countess Northampton died. She was buried in Blockley, Gloucestershire.