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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.
Earl Ducie is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extant Earldoms of England.
Summary
28th January 1837. Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie created.
22nd June 1840. Son Henry Reynolds-Moreton 2nd Earl Ducie succeeded.
2nd June 1853. Son Henry Reynolds-Moreton 3rd Earl of Ducie succeeded.
28th October 1921. Brother Berkeley Reynolds-Moreton 4th Earl of Ducie succeeded.
7th August 1924. Son Capel Moreton 5th Earl of Ducie succeeded.
1952. Nephew Basil Howard Moreton 6th Earl of Ducie succeeded.
1991. Son David Moreton 7th Earl of Ducie succeeded.
On 28th January 1837 Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie (age 60) was created 1st Earl Ducie.
On 22nd June 1840 Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie (age 63) died. His son Henry (age 38) succeeded 2nd Earl Ducie, 5th Baron Ducie. Elizabeth Dutton Countess Ducie (age 33) by marriage Countess Ducie.
On 2nd June 1853 Henry Reynolds-Moreton 2nd Earl Ducie (age 51) died. His son Henry (age 25) succeeded 3rd Earl Ducie, 6th Baron Ducie. Julia Langston Countess Ducie (age 23) by marriage Countess Ducie.
On 28th October 1921 Henry Reynolds-Moreton 3rd Earl of Ducie (age 94) died. His brother Berkeley (age 87) succeeded 4th Earl Ducie, 7th Baron Ducie.
On 7th August 1924 Berkeley Reynolds-Moreton 4th Earl of Ducie (age 90) died. He was buried at St Leonard's Church, Tortworth [Map]. His son Capel (age 49) succeeded 5th Earl Ducie, 8th Baron Ducie.
In 1952 Capel Moreton 5th Earl of Ducie (age 77) died. His nephew Basil (age 35) succeeded 6th Earl Ducie, 9th Baron Ducie.
In 1991 Basil Howard Moreton 6th Earl of Ducie (age 74) died. His son David (age 39) succeeded 7th Earl Ducie, 10th Baron Ducie.