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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 1633 Richard Mason was born.
In or before 1667 Richard Mason (age 33) and Anna Margaret Long (age 25) were married.
Around 1667 [his daughter] Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow was born to Richard Mason (age 34) and [his wife] Anna Margaret Long (age 26).
Around 1668 [his daughter] Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield was born to Richard Mason (age 35) and [his wife] Anna Margaret Long (age 27).
In 1673 Richard Mason (age 40) was elected MP Yarmouth Isle of Wight.
In 1681 Richard Mason (age 48) was elected MP Bishop's Castle.
On 18th June 1683 [his son-in-law] Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield (age 24) and [his daughter] Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield (age 15) were married. He the son of Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield (age 65) and Jeanne de Civelle Countess Macclesfield.
On 6th February 1685 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 54) died at 1145 in the morning at Whitehall Palace [Map] attended by Charles Scarburgh (age 69). His brother James (age 51) succeeded II King England Scotland and Ireland. Duke York merged with the Crown. Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland (age 26) by marriage Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland. His brother King James II of England Scotland and Ireland, William Chiffinch (age 83), Richard Mason (age 52) and Archbishop William Sancroft (age 68) were present.
Before 8th March 1685 Jacob Huysmans (age 52). Portrait of Richard Mason (age 52).
On 8th March 1685 Richard Mason (age 52) died.
Around 1688 Jacob Huysmans (age 55). Portrait of Richard Mason.
In 1717 [his former wife] Anna Margaret Long (age 76) died.