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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.
MP Berwick on Tweed is in Member Parliament. See Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [Map].
In 1572 Valentine Browne was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
In 1679 Ralph Grey 4th Baronet Grey of Werke (age 18) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed which seat he held until 1681.
In 1695 Ralph Grey 4th Baronet Grey of Werke (age 34) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed which seat he held until 1698.
In 1715 John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington (age 37) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
In 1722 John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington (age 44) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
On 11th March 1723 Henry Neville aka Grey (age 39) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed which seat he held until 1727.
In 1727 General Joseph Sabine (age 66) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
In 1740 John Barrington (age 18) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
In 1740 William Wildman Barrington 2nd Viscount Barrington (age 22) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
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.
In 1754 John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval (age 25) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
In 1765 John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval (age 36) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
In 1780 John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval (age 51) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
In 1796 George Carpenter 2nd Earl Tyrconnel (age 46) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
In 1820 Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville (age 43) was elected MP Berwick on Tweed.
In 1880 Frederick Lambton (age 24) unsuccessfully contested MP Berwick on Tweed.