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 Northbrook is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
10th June 1876. Thomas Baring 1st Earl Northbrook [aged 50] created.
15th November 1904. Son Francis Baring 2nd Earl Northbrook [aged 53] succeeded.
12th April 1929. Francis Baring 2nd Earl Northbrook extinct.
On 10th June 1876 Thomas Baring 1st Earl Northbrook [aged 50] was created 1st Earl Northbrook.
On 15th November 1904 Thomas Baring 1st Earl Northbrook [aged 78] died at Stratton Park House. His son Francis [aged 53] succeeded 2nd Earl Northbrook, 3rd Baron Northbrook, 5th Baronet Baring of Larkbeer in Devon. Florence Anita Coote Countess Northbrook [aged 43] by marriage Countess Northbrook.
On 12th April 1929 Francis Baring 2nd Earl Northbrook [aged 78] died. Earl Northbrook extinct. His half first cousin Francis [aged 47] succeeded 4th Baron Northbrook, 6th Baronet Baring of Larkbeer in Devon.