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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 Monmouthshire is in Member Parliament.
In 1588 Thomas Morgan (age 54) was elected MP Monmouthshire.
In 1624 William Morgan (age 64) was elected MP Monmouthshire.
In 1625 William Morgan (age 65) was elected MP Monmouthshire.
In 1690 Thomas Morgan (age 25) was elected MP Monmouthshire which seat he held for life.
In 1698 John Williams 2nd Baronet (age 47) was elected MP Monmouthshire which seat he held until 1704.
In 1701 John Morgan of Tredegar (age 29) was elected MP Monmouthshire.
In 1701 William Morgan was elected MP Monmouthshire.
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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 1705 Hopton Williams 3rd Baronet (age 42) was elected MP Monmouthshire which seat he held until 1708.
In 1713 Charles Kemeys 4th Baronet (age 24) was elected MP Monmouthshire.
In 1722 William Morgan (age 21) was elected MP Monmouthshire.
On 17th May 1731 Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort (age 21) was elected MP Monmouthshire at a by-election.
On 16th August 1792 Robert Salusbury 1st Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Monmouthshire which seat he held until 1796.
In 1796 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Monmouthshire which seat he held until 1831.
In 1859 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 36) was elected MP Monmouthshire.