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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 Huntingdonshire is in Member Parliament.
In 1380 Henry Green (age 33) was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
In 1449 Thomas Tresham (age 29) was appointed MP Huntingdonshire.
In April 1544 Robert Tyrwhitt Master (age 41) was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
In 1626 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet (age 23) was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
In 1628 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Huntingdonshire which seat he held until 1629.
In 1628 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
In 1640 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
In April 1640 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
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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 1695 John Pocklington (age 37) was elected MP Huntingdonshire. He was re-elected in 1708 and 1710, and held the seat until 1713 when he didn't seek re-election.
In April 1722 Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke (age 29) was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
In 1768 Peter Ludlow 1st Earl Ludlow (age 37) was elected 1st MP Huntingdonshire.
In 1826 George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester (age 26) was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
In 1877 George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester (age 23) was elected MP Huntingdonshire.