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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.

Culture, Lords of England, Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earl St Aldwyn of Coln St Aldwyn in Gloucestershire

Earl St Aldwyn of Coln St Aldwyn in Gloucestershire is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extant Earldoms of England.

On 22nd February 1915 Michael Edward Hicks-Beach 1st Earl St Aldwyn (age 77) was created 1st Earl St Aldwyn of Coln St Aldwyn in Gloucestershire. Lucy Catherine Fortescue Countess St Aldwyn (age 64) by marriage Countess St Aldwyn of Coln St Aldwyn in Gloucestershire.

On 30th April 1916 Michael Edward Hicks-Beach 1st Earl St Aldwyn (age 78) died. His eldest son Michael Hugh Hicks-Beach (deceased) had predeceased by one week having been killed in action. His grandson Michael (age 3) succeeded 2nd Earl St Aldwyn of Coln St Aldwyn in Gloucestershire, 10th Baronet Hicks-Beach of Beverston in Gloucestershire.

On 29th January 1992 Michael Hicks-Beach 2nd Earl St Aldwyn (age 79) died. His son Michael (age 42) succeeded 3rd Earl St Aldwyn of Coln St Aldwyn in Gloucestershire, 11th Baronet Hicks-Beach of Beverston in Gloucestershire.