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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 Ravensworth is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
1874. Henry Thomas Liddell 1st Earl Ravensworth created.
19th March 1878. Son Henry Liddell 2nd Earl of Ravensworth succeeded.
22nd July 1903. Brother Atholl Liddell 3rd Earl of Ravensworth succeeded.
7th February 1904. Atholl Liddell 3rd Earl of Ravensworth extinct.
In 1874 Henry Thomas Liddell 1st Earl Ravensworth (age 76) was created 1st Earl Ravensworth.
On 19th March 1878 Henry Thomas Liddell 1st Earl Ravensworth (age 81) died. His son Henry (age 56) succeeded 2nd Earl Ravensworth, 3rd Baron Ravensworth of Ravensworth Castle in County Durham, 8th Baronet Liddell of Ravensworth Castle.
On 22nd July 1903 Henry Liddell 2nd Earl of Ravensworth (age 81) died. His brother Atholl (age 69) succeeded 3rd Earl Ravensworth, 4th Baron Ravensworth of Ravensworth Castle in County Durham, 9th Baronet Liddell of Ravensworth Castle. Caroline Cecelia Edgecumbe Countess Revensworth and Mount Edgecumbe (age 64) by marriage Countess Ravensworth.
On 7th February 1904 Atholl Liddell 3rd Earl of Ravensworth (age 70) died. Earl Ravensworth extinct. His first cousin Arthur (age 66) succeeded 5th Baron Ravensworth of Ravensworth Castle in County Durham, 10th Baronet Liddell of Ravensworth Castle. Sophia Harriett Waller Baroness Ravensworth by marriage Baroness Ravensworth of Ravensworth Castle in County Durham.