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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.
On 13th January 1843 William Purdie Treloar 1st Baronet was born.
In 1869 William Purdie Treloar 1st Baronet (age 25) and Annie Blake were married.
On 21st December 1881 William Purdie Treloar 1st Baronet (age 38) became a Common Councilman for Farringdon Without.
In 1892 William Purdie Treloar 1st Baronet (age 48) was elected Alderman of Farringdon Without.
In 1899 William Purdie Treloar 1st Baronet (age 55) was elected Sheriff of London.
On 29th March 1900 William Purdie Treloar 1st Baronet (age 57) was knighted by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 80) at Windsor Castle [Map].
On 9th November 1906 William Purdie Treloar 1st Baronet (age 63) was elected Lord Mayor of London.
On 8th May 1907 William Purdie Treloar 1st Baronet (age 64) had the honour of leading the Furry Dance at Helston, Cornwall. On the same day he was given the Freedom of the Borough of Helston and then Freedom of the Borough of Truro.
The London Gazette 28040. Whitehall, July 15, 1907.
The King (age 65) has been pleased to direct the preparation of Warrants, under His Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, authorizing Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, conferring the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom upon each of the undermentioned Gentlemen, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten:—
Sir Charles Scotter (age 72), of Surbiton, in the county of Surrey, Knight.
The Right Honourable Sir William Purdie Treloar (age 64), of Grange Mount, in the parish of All Saints, Upper Norwood, in the borough of Croydon, Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London.
Sir William Henry Holland (age 57), of Queen's Gate, in the Royal borough of Kensington, Knight.
John Emmott Barlow, of Bradwall Hall, in the parish of Sandbach, in the county of Chester, Esquire.
William Benjamin Bowring, of Beechwood, in the parish of Grassendale, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Esquire.
John Alexander Dewar, of the city of Perth, Esquire.
Francis Edwards, of Knighton, in the county of Radnor, Esquire.
Ivor John Caradoc Herbert, of Llanarth and Treowen, in the county of Moumouth, Esquire, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Colonel in the Army.
Francis Douglas Blake (age 51), of Tillmouth Park, in the parish of Cornhill, in the county of Northumberland, Esquire, Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel commanding the Northumberland Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia).
Walter Scott, of Beauclere, in the parish of Bywell St. Andrews, in the county of Northumberland, Esquire.
Frederic Samuel Philipson Philipson-Stow, of Cape Town, in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, and of Blackdown House, in the parish of Lodsworth, in the county of Sussex, Esquire.
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6th September 1923 William Purdie Treloar 1st Baronet (age 80) died. Baronet Treloar of Grange Mount in All Saints, Upper Norwood in Croydon extinct.