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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.

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MP Maldon is in Member Parliament.

1625 Useless Parliament

1640 Short Parliament

1640 Long Parliament

On 1st March 1553 Walter Mildmay (age 32) was elected MP Maldon.

In November 1554 Anthony Browne (age 45) was elected MP Maldon.

In 1555 Richard Weston (age 28) was elected MP Maldon.

In 1621 Henry Mildmay (age 28) was elected MP Maldon.

In 1624, 1625 and 1626 William Masham 1st Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Maldon.

Useless Parliament

In 1625 Henry Mildmay (age 32) was elected MP Maldon during the Useless Parliament.

In 1628 Henry Mildmay (age 35) was elected MP Maldon.

Short Parliament

In April 1640 Henry Mildmay (age 47) was elected MP Maldon during the Short Parliament.

Long Parliament

In November 1640 Henry Mildmay (age 47) was elected MP Maldon during the Long Parliament.

In 1741 Thomas Drury 1st Baronet (age 28) was elected MP Maldon.