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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.

Mulgrave Castle, Whitby, East Yorkshire, England, British Isles

Mulgrave Castle is in Whitby.

On 22nd July 1249 Piers Mauley 1st Baron de Mauley was born to Piers Mauley (age 20) at Mulgrave Castle.

Around 1251 Robert de Mauley was born to Piers Mauley (age 22) at Mulgrave Castle.

Around 1284 Piers Mauley 2nd Baron de Mauley was born to Piers Mauley 1st Baron de Mauley (age 34) and Nicola Gaunt (age 34) at Mulgrave Castle.

In 1300 Piers Mauley 3rd Baron de Mauley was born to Piers Mauley 2nd Baron de Mauley (age 16) and Eleanor Furnival Baroness Mauley (age 24) at Mulgrave Castle.

On 8th September 1308 Piers Mauley 1st Baron de Mauley (age 59) died at Mulgrave Castle. His son Piers (age 24) succeeded 2nd Baron Mauley. Eleanor Furnival Baroness Mauley (age 32) by marriage Baroness Mauley.

Around 1331 Piers Mauley 4th Baron de Mauley was born to Piers Mauley 3rd Baron de Mauley (age 31) and Margaret Clifford Baroness Mauley (age 24) at Mulgrave Castle.

In 1335 Eleanor Furnival Baroness Mauley (age 59) died at Mulgrave Castle.

On 23rd May 1348 Piers Mauley 2nd Baron de Mauley (age 64) died at Mulgrave Castle. His son Piers (age 48) succeeded 3rd Baron Mauley. Margaret Clifford Baroness Mauley (age 41) by marriage Baroness Mauley.

On 18th January 1355 Piers Mauley 3rd Baron de Mauley (age 55) died at Mulgrave Castle. His son Piers (age 24) succeeded 4th Baron Mauley.

After 18th November 1356 Piers Mauley was born to Piers Mauley 4th Baron de Mauley (age 25) and Elizabeth Meinhill Baroness Darcy Knayth and Haversham (age 25) at Mulgrave Castle.

On 6th September 1415 Piers Mauley 5th Baron de Mauley (age 38) died at Mulgrave Castle. Baron Mauley abeyant between his sisters Constance Mauley Lady Morley (age 32) and Elizabeth Mauley (age 32).