Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.
Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
All About History Books
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.
High Sheriff of Berkshire is in High Sheriff.
In 1538 John Williams 1st Baron Williams (age 38) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire which position he held until 1539.
In 1544 John Williams 1st Baron Williams (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire which position he held until 1545.
In 1553 John Williams 1st Baron Williams (age 53) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire which position he held until 1545.
In 1554 Richard Brydges (age 54) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
Before 14th November 1559 Thomas Brydges (age 63) was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucester, High Sheriff of Berkshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.
In 1567 Edward Unton (age 33) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1575 Thomas Parry (age 34) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1600 Samuel Backhouse (age 45) was High Sheriff of Berkshire during which time he was visited by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 66).
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1616 William Standen of Arborfield, Berkshire was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1619 Humphrey Forster 1st Baronet (age 24) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1635 Greville Verney 15th Baron Latimer 7th Baron Willoughby (age 49) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1744 Thomas Head was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1766 William East 1st Baronet (age 27) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1821 Frederick West (age 54) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1822 Gilbert East 2nd Baronet (age 58) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.