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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.
Baronet Meux is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically.
There have been two creations of Baronet Meux:
Baronet Meux of Kingston on the Isle of Wight (1st Creation)
Baronet Meux of Kingston on the Isle of Wight is also in Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
1st: John Meux 1st Baronet. Died 1657. Son
2nd: William Meux 2nd Baronet. Died 1697. Son
3rd: William Meux 3rd Baronet. Died 1706. Extinct.
In 1641 John Meux 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Meux of Kingston on the Isle of Wight.
In February 1657 John Meux 1st Baronet died. His son William succeeded 2nd Baronet Meux of Kingston on the Isle of Wight.
Before 11th May 1697 William Meux 2nd Baronet died. His son William (age 14) succeeded 3rd Baronet Meux of Kingston on the Isle of Wight.
In 1706 William Meux 3rd Baronet (age 23) died. Baronet Meux of Kingston on the Isle of Wight extinct.
Baronet Meux of Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire (2nd Creation)
Baronet Meux of Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire is also in Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
1st: Henry Meux 1st Baronet. Died 1841. Son
2nd: Henry Meux 2nd Baronet. Died 1883. Son
3rd: Henry Bruce Meux 3rd Baronet. Died 1900. Extinct.
Before 28th December 1817 Henry Meux 1st Baronet (age 47) and Elizabeth-Mary Smith Lady Meux were married. She by marriage Lady Meux of Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire.
On 30th September 1831 Henry Meux 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Meux of Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire.
On 7th April 1841 Henry Meux 1st Baronet (age 70) died. His son Henry (age 23) succeeded 2nd Baronet Meux of Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire.
On 19th January 1856 Henry Meux 2nd Baronet (age 38) and Louisa Caroline Brudenell-Bruce Lady Meux were married. She by marriage Lady Meux of Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire. She the daughter of Ernest Brudenell-Bruce 3rd Marquess Ailesbury (age 45) and Louisa Elizabeth Horsley Beresford Marchioness Ailesbury (age 41).
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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 27th October 1878 Henry Bruce Meux 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Valerie Langdon Lady Meux (age 26) were married, possibly in secret. She by marriage Lady Meux of Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire. She was shunned by her husband's aristocratic family, in particular the Brudenell-Bruce clan on her mother-in-law's side. They had met at the Casino De Venise in Holborn where she was working as a banjo-playing waitress, or barmaid, or similar.
On 1st January 1883 Henry Meux 2nd Baronet (age 65) died. His son Henry (age 26) succeeded 3rd Baronet Meux of Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire.
In 1900 Henry Bruce Meux 3rd Baronet (age 43) died without issue. Baronet Meux of Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire extinct.