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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.
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Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
July 1627. Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 30) created.
1666. Son Mountjoy Blount 2nd Earl Newport succeeded.
20th March 1675. Brother Thomas Blount 3rd Earl Newport succeeded.
4th May 1675. Brother Henry Blount 4th Earl Newport succeeded.
25th September 1679. Henry Blount 4th Earl Newport extinct.
In July 1627 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 30) was created 1st Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight. Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 27) by marriage Countess Newport in the Isle of Wight.
In 1666 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 69) died at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. His son Mountjoy succeeded 2nd Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight.
Before 20th March 1675 Mountjoy Blount 2nd Earl Newport died. His brother Thomas succeeded 3rd Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight.
Before 4th May 1675 Thomas Blount 3rd Earl Newport died. His brother Henry succeeded 4th Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight.
Before 25th September 1679 Henry Blount 4th Earl Newport died. Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight extinct.