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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 of Portland is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
On 17th February 1633 Richard Weston Baron Weston was created 1st Earl of Portland. Frances Waldegrave by marriage Countess of Portland.
On 13th March 1635 Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland died. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral where he has a monument. The marble elments sculpted by Isaac Besnier, Sculptor in Ordinary and Keeper of the Statues to Charles I until 1643, when he was superseded by his son Peter; the bronze elements perhaps cast by Hubert le Sueur. Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland succeeded 2nd Earl of Portland, 2nd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk. Frances Stewart Countess Portland by marriage Countess of Portland.
Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland: On 16th December 1605 he was born to Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. On 10th June 1632 he and Frances Stewart Countess Portland were married. She the daughter of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. On 17th March 1663 he died. Charles Weston 3rd Earl of Portland succeeded 3rd Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk.
Frances Stewart Countess Portland: In 1617 she was born to Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. In 1694 she died.
On 17th March 1663 Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland died. Charles Weston 3rd Earl of Portland succeeded 3rd Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk.
On 3rd June 1665 at the Battle of Lowestoft an English fleet commanded by King James II of England Scotland and Ireland, Prince Rupert Palatinate Simmern 1st Duke Cumberland and Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich defeated a Dutch Fleet.
Richard Boyle was killed.
Charles Maccarthy Viscount Muskerry was killed.
Charles Berkeley 1st Earl Falmouth was killed by a cannonball aboard the Royal Charles. Earl Falmouth extinct, Baron Botetourt Langport in Somerset extinct. Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge succeeded 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge of Berehaven in Kerry. Penelope Godolphin Viscountess Fitzhardinge by marriage Viscountess Fitzhardinge of Berehaven in Kerry. Possibly the only occasion when a father has succeeded his son.
Charles Weston 3rd Earl of Portland was killed by a cannon shot. On 13th June 1665 Thomas Weston 4th Earl of Portland succeeded 4th Earl of Portland, 4th Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk.
Thomas Allin 1st Baronet was present.
Admiral Jeremy Smith commanded the Mary.
Captain George Batts fought. He was assigned to Sir George Ayscue's division in the Blue Squadron.
James Ley 3rd Earl Marlborough was killed at the Battle of Lowestoft commanding Old James attempting to recover a captured ship. William Ley 4th Earl Marlborough succeeded 4th Earl Marlborough.
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After 1666 Thomas Weston 4th Earl of Portland and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland were married. She by marriage Countess of Portland. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland.
In May 1688 Thomas Weston 4th Earl of Portland died. Earl of Portland, Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk extinct.
On 1st February 1678 William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Villiers Countess Portland were married. She by marriage Countess of Portland.
On 9th April 1689 a number of new peers were created at the Coronation William III and Mary II...
Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton was created 1st Duke Bolton.
Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth was created 1st Earl Monmouth. Carey Fraser Countess Peterborough and Monmouth by marriage Countess Monmouth.
Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg was created 1st Earl Fauconberg. Mary Cromwell Countess Fauconberg by marriage Countess Fauconberg.
William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland was created 1st Earl of Portland.
On 12th May 1700 William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Jane Martha Temple Countess Portland were married. She by marriage Countess of Portland. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 23rd November 1709 William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland died. Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland succeeded 2nd Earl of Portland.
On 4th July 1726 Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland died in Spanish Town Jamaica. His body was returned to England. On 03 Nov 1726 he was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey. William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland succeeded 2nd Duke Portland, 3rd Earl of Portland.
On 1st May 1762 William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland died. William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland succeeded 3rd Duke Portland, 4th Earl of Portland.
On 30th October 1809 William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland died. William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke Portland succeeded 4th Duke Portland, 5th Earl of Portland.
On 27th March 1854 William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke Portland died. William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 5th Duke Portland succeeded 5th Duke Portland, 6th Earl of Portland although it took him three years before he took his seat in the House of Lords.
On 6th December 1879 William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 5th Duke Portland died unmarried at his London residence Harcourt House Cavendish Square Marylebone. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland succeeded 6th Duke Portland, 7th Earl of Portland.
On 26th April 1943 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland died. He was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck. William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland succeeded 7th Duke Portland, 8th Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire. Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland by marriage Duchess Portland.
On 21st March 1977 William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland died. He was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck. Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck 8th Duke of Portland succeeded 8th Duke Portland, 9th Earl of Portland. Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire extinct.
The heir to the Duke's titles was a distant cousin. Rather than allow the entailed estates to pass with the titles, the Duke arranged to break the entails and thus enrich his own daughters. The family seat of Welbeck Abbey passed to his elder daughter, Lady Anne, who never married; upon her death, it passed to the son of her deceased younger sister, Lady Margaret, who had died in 1955
On 13th December 1980 Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck 8th Duke of Portland died. Victor Cavendish-Bentinck 9th Duke of Portland succeeded 9th Duke Portland, 10th Earl of Portland.
On 30th July 1990 Victor Cavendish-Bentinck 9th Duke of Portland died without surviving male issue. He was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck. Duke Portland extinct. Henry Charles Bentinck 11th Earl of Portland succeeded 11th Earl of Portland.
On 30th January 1997 Henry Charles Bentinck 11th Earl of Portland died. Timothy Charles Noel 12th Earl Portland succeeded 12th Earl of Portland.