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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.
MP Cricklade is in Member Parliament.
In 1547 John Winchcombe aka Smallwood aka Jack of Newbury (age 58) was elected MP Cricklade.
In 1555 Nicholas Poyntz (age 45) was appointed MP Cricklade.
In 1571 Giles Brydges 3rd Baron Chandos (age 23) was elected MP Cricklade.
In 1589 Thomas Smith (age 33) was elected MP Cricklade.
In 1614 John Eyre (age 34) was elected MP Cricklade.
In 1621 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 33) was elected MP Cricklade.
In 1659 Edward Neville Poole (age 42) was elected MP Cricklade.
In 1660 Edward Neville Poole (age 43) was elected MP Cricklade.
On 26th May 1685 Charles Fox (age 25) was elected MP Cricklade. He was re-elected in 1689, 1690 and 1695.
In 1698 Stephen Fox (age 70) was elected MP Cricklade.
In 1708 James Vernon (age 30) was elected MP Cricklade.
In 1715 Thomas Reade 4th Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Cricklade which seat he held until 1747.
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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 1741 Welbore Ellis 1st Baron Mendip (age 27) was elected MP Cricklade.
In 1794 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 21) was elected MP Cricklade.