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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 Lyme Regis is in Member Parliament.
In 1563 Francis Walsingham (age 31) was elected MP Lyme Regis.
In 1601 Nicholas Carew (age 34) was elected MP Lyme Regis.
In 1661 John Shaw 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Lyme Regis.
Before 28th May 1757 Francis Fane (age 59) was elected MP Lyme Regis.
On 13th June 1757 Henry Fane (age 53) was elected MP Lyme Regis.
In 1761 Henry Fane (age 57) was elected MP Lyme Regis.
In 1768 Henry Fane (age 64) was elected MP Lyme Regis.
In 1774 Henry Fane (age 70) was elected MP Lyme Regis.
On 11th June 1777 Francis Fane (age 24) was elected MP Lyme Regis.
In 1802 General Henry Fane (age 23) was elected MP Lyme Regis which seat he held until 1816.
In 1829 General Henry Fane (age 50) was elected MP Lyme Regis which seat he held until 1830.
In 1847 Thomas Neville Abdy 1st Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Lyme Regis which seat he held until 1852.