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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.
Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent is in Boughton Malherbe, Kent.
Around 1345 the building of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] was commissioned by Robert Corbie.
On 8th April 1395 Robert Corbie (age 45) died. His daughter Joan Corbie (age 23) inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
In or before 1425 Nicholas Wotton (age 52) and Joan Corbie (age 52) were married. She brought Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] into the Wotton family.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 27th February 1535. R. O. 275. Sir Edward Wotton (age 45) to Cromwell (age 50).
Remonstrates against Cromwell's urging him by his letters to resign his patent of the stewardship of the abbey of Malling, the King having written to the abbess in favour of master Thomas Wyatt. Cromwell may be as much assured of his heart as Mr. Wyatt, and since the death of his brother-in-law, Sir Henry Guildford, he has always depended on Cromwell's friendship. The grant he obtained under the convent seal was in fulfilment of a promise of the abbess many years past. Would have waited on the King before, but has been lately with his sister Guldeford (age 36) and others, who have been with his cousin, Edward Brown, son of Sir Matthew Brown (age 59), who has died of the common plague. Asks Cromwell to relate the matter to the King. Supposes that when the abbess made the grant to Cromwell she had forgotten her promise to him, for, though he knew from the first of the death of Mr. Fisher, he waited for five or six days before writing to the abbess, thinking that few then would apply for so small an office. On first reading his letter she had forgotten the promise which he claimed as having been made within two years and less after her being made abbess. She was not dissembling in her answers either to the King or Cromwell. No effect can grow in law or conscience of her promise to Cromwell, so long after her promise to him. Begs Cromwell to be good master to her and her poor house. Bocton Malherbe [Map], Saturday, 27 Feb.
Hol., pp. 3. Add.: Secretary. Endd.
On 2nd April 1630 Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton (age 43) died. Baron Wotton extinct. His daughter Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield (age 21) inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
On 9th April 1667 Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield (age 58) died. Earl Chesterfield extinct. Her son Charles Kirkoven 1st Earl Bellomont (age 23) inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
In 1683 Charles Kirkoven 1st Earl Bellomont (age 39) died. Earl Bellomont and Baron Wotton extinct. He was buried at Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. He willed Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] to his nephew, Charles Stanhope aka Wooton (age 7), son of his half-brother Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield (age 49).
On or before 6th February 1704 Charles Stanhope aka Wooton (age 28) died. Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] was inherited by his elder brother Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield (age 31).
On 27th January 1726 Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield (age 52) died. His son Philip (age 31) succeeded 4th Earl Chesterfield, 4th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire and inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
In 1750 Philip Stanhope 4th Earl Chesterfield (age 55) sold Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] to Galfridus Mann (age 43).
On 28th December 1756 Galfridus Mann (age 50) died. His son Horatio Mann 2nd Baronet (age 12) inherited his estates of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] and Linton, and over £100,000.
On 2nd April 1814 Horatio Mann 2nd Baronet (age 70) died. Baronet Mann of Linton in Kent extinct. His nephew James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis (age 35) inherited his estates of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] and Linton.
On 20th January 1824 James Cornwallis 4th Earl Cornwallis (age 80) died. His son James (age 45) succeeded 5th Earl Cornwallis, 9th Baron Cornwallis, and inherited his estates of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] and Linton.
All About History Books
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.
In 1836 Jemima Isabella Mann died. Her son Fiennes Wykeham-Martin Cornwallis (age 4) inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
On 21st May 1852 James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis (age 73) died. Earl Cornwallis, Baron Cornwallis extinct. His daughter Jemima Isabella Mann inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
On 24th April 1867 Fiennes Wykeham-Martin Cornwallis (age 35) died in a hunting accident. His son Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 2) inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
In 1922 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 57) sold Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] to John Kitchin.