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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 Cornwall is in Member Parliament.
In 1553 William Godolphin (age 38) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1554 John Arundell (age 54) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1558 John Arundell (age 28) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1559 John Trelawny of Poole in Cornwall (age 55) was elected MP Cornwall which seat he held for life.
In 1563 George Bassett of Tehidy (age 39) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1572 George Bassett of Tehidy (age 48) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1588 Francis Godolphin (age 48) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1597 William Killigrew (age 42) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1604 William Godolphin (age 37) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1614 Richard Carew 1st Baronet (age 34) was elected MP Cornwall.
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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.
In 1624, 1626 and 1628 William Coryton (age 44) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1625 Robert Killigrew (age 45) was elected MP Cornwall.
In November 1640 Alexander Carew 2nd Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Cornwall during the Long Parliament.
In 1660 Robert Robartes (age 25) was elected MP Cornwall during the Convention Parliament.
In 1660 John Carew 3rd Baronet (age 24) was elected MP Cornwall during the Convention Parliament.
In 1661 John Coryton 1st Baronet (age 39) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1679 Francis Robartes (age 28) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1685 Francis Robartes (age 34) was elected MP Cornwall.
Before 17th July 1685 Charles Robartes 2nd Earl Radnor (age 25) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1689 John Carew 3rd Baronet (age 53) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1690 Francis Robartes (age 39) was elected MP Cornwall.
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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 June 1701 Richard Edgecumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe (age 21) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1713 William Carew 5th Baronet (age 22) was elected MP Cornwall. He was re-elected in 1715, 1722, 1727, 1734 and 1741.
In 1722 John St Aubyn 3rd Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Cornwall unopposed. He was re-elected unopposed in 1727, 1734 and 1741.
In 1761 John St Aubyn 4th Baronet (age 34) was elected MP Cornwall which seat he held until his death on 12 Oct 1772.
In 1765 John Molesworth 5th Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Cornwall which seat he held until 1775.
In 1784 William Molesworth 6th Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Cornwall which seat he held until 1790.
In 1832 William Molesworth 8th Baronet (age 21) was elected MP Cornwall which seat he held until 1837.