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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.
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Baron Lucas of Shenfield 1st Creation 1645
Baron Lucas of Shenfield is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
3rd January 1645. John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield created. See King Charles I Rewards his Supporters.
2nd July 1671. Nephew Charles Lucas 2nd Baron Lucas Shenfield succeeded.
1688. Brother Robert Lucas 3rd Baron Shenfield succeeded.
31st January 1705. Robert Lucas 3rd Baron Shenfield extinct.
On 3rd January 1645 King Charles I (age 44) rewarded his supporters with Baronies ...
John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham (age 69) was created 1st Baron Cobham. Frances Bampfield Baroness Cobham by marriage Baroness Cobham.
John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield (age 38) was created 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield with special remainder to the male issue of his brother Thomas Lucas (age 66).
On 2nd July 1671 John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield (age 64) died. His nephew Charles (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baron Lucas of Shenfield although technically illegitimate his parents had married after his birth.
In 1688 Charles Lucas 2nd Baron Lucas Shenfield (age 57) died. His brother Robert (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baron Lucas of Shenfield.
On 31st January 1705 Robert Lucas 3rd Baron Shenfield (age 55) died. Baron Lucas of Shenfield extinct.
Baron Lucas of Crudwell 2nd Creation 1663
Baron Lucas of Crudwell is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Created Baronesses of England, Succeeded Baronesses of England, Extant Baronies of England.
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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.
Summary
7th May 1663. Mary Lucas Countess Kent created.
1st November 1702. Son Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent succeeded.
8th November 1718. Son Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas by writ of acceleration.
21st July 1723. Niece Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey succeeded.
11th January 1797. Daughter Amabel Yorke Countess Grey succeeded.
4th May 1833. Nephew Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey succeeded.
14th November 1859. Daughter Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper succeeded.
1880. Son Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper succeeded.
18th July 1905. Nephew Auberon Herbert 9th Baron Lucas succeeded.
3rd November 1916. Sister Nan Ino Cooper 10th Baroness Lucas succeeded.
3rd November 1958. Daughter Anne Rosemary Cooper 11th Baroness Lucas succeeded.
1991. Son Ralph Palmer 12th Baron Lucas succeeded.
On 7th May 1663 Mary Lucas Countess Kent (age 19) was created 1st Baroness Lucas of Crudwell with a special remainder to her heirs male by her husband Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent (age 17), and failing which, to her heirs female without division; an unusual provision meaning it wouldn't become abeyant in the event of more than one daughter.
On 1st November 1702 Mary Lucas Countess Kent (age 58) died. Her son Henry (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 8th November 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas (age 23) by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 21st July 1723 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas (age 28) died by choking on an ear of barley the beard of which stuck in his throat. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]. His niece Jemima succeeded 4th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.
Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas: On 21st February 1695 he was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. On 17th February 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas and Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. He the son of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. They were sixth cousins. On 8th November 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 11th January 1797 Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey (age 73) died. Marquess Grey extinct. Her daughter Amabel (age 45) succeeded 5th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell. She was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
Amabel Yorke Countess Grey: On 22nd February 1751 she was born to Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey. In 1816 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey was created 1st Countess de Grey with a special remainder to her sister Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham and her sister's male heirs.
On 4th May 1833 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey (age 82) died. Her nephew Thomas (age 51) succeeded 2nd Earl de Grey, 6th Baron Lucas of Crudwell. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
On 14th November 1859 Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey (age 77) died. His nephew George (age 32) succeeded 3rd Earl de Grey, 4th Baron Grantham, 7th Baronet Robinson of Newby in Yorkshire. His daughter Ann (age 53) succeeded 7th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.
Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] sculpted by Matthew Noble (age 42) in 1864.
Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper: In 1806 she was born to Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey and Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey. In 1833 George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper and she were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. She the daughter of Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey and Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey. He the son of Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper and Emily Lamb Countess Cowper. In 1880 Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper died. Her son Francis succeeded 8th Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
In 1880 Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper (age 74) died. Her son Francis (age 45) succeeded 8th Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 18th July 1905 Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper (age 71) died. Earl Cowper, Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent and Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent extinct. His nephew Auberon (age 29) succeeded 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 3rd November 1916 Auberon Herbert 9th Baron Lucas (age 40) was killed in action. He was unmarried. His sister Nan (age 36) succeeded 10th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.
On 30th April 1917 Lieutenant-Colonel Howard Lister Cooper Baron Lucas and Nan Ino Cooper 10th Baroness Lucas (age 36) were married. He by marriage Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 3rd November 1958 Nan Ino Cooper 10th Baroness Lucas (age 78) died. Her daughter Anne (age 39) succeeded 11th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell. Major Robert Jocelyn Palmer Baron Lucas (age 39) by marriage Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
In 1991 Anne Rosemary Cooper 11th Baroness Lucas (age 72) died. Her son Ralph (age 39) succeeded 12th Baron Lucas of Crudwell.