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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.
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In 1355 Thomas Hungerford was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1405 Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 26) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1498 George Seymour was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
On 1498 John Seymour (age 24) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1537 John Brydges 1st Baron Chandos (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1565 John Eyre (age 40) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1568 John Thynne (age 53) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1591 William Eyre of Great Chalfield Wiltshire (age 34) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1593 John Thynne (age 37) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1607 Thomas Thynne (age 29) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1611 William Button 1st Baronet (age 27) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
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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 1632 John St John 1st Baronet (age 46) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1661 James Thynne (age 56) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1744 Fulke Greville (age 27) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1805 Richard Colt Hoare 2nd Baronet (age 46) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1863 Thomas Grove 1st Baronet (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.