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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 New Shoreham is in Member Parliament.
In 1547 Henry Hussey (age 28) was elected MP New Shoreham.
In November 1554 Simon Lowe aka Fyfield was elected MP New Shoreham.
In 1571 William Dix was elected MP New Shoreham. Nominated by Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 34) who was executed the following year. Before his execution the Duke sent William Dix a New Testament with a letter thanking him for his faithful service.
In 1646 Herbert Springet 1st Baronet (age 33) was elected MP New Shoreham which seat he held until 1648 when excluded by Pride's Purge.
In April 1660 Herbert Springet 1st Baronet (age 47) was elected MP New Shoreham
In 1685 Edward Hungerford (age 52) was elected MP New Shoreham.
In 1688 Edward Hungerford (age 55) was elected MP New Shoreham.
In 1689 Edward Hungerford (age 56) was elected MP New Shoreham.
In December 1708 Gregory Page 1st Baronet (age 39) was elected MP New Shoreham at a by-election. He was re-elected in 1710.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1741 Thomas Brand (age 24) was elected MP New Shoreham unopposed.
In 1780 John Peachey 2nd Baron Selsey (age 30) was elected MP New Shoreham which seat he held until 1790.
In 1795 Charles William Wyndham (age 34) was elected MP New Shoreham.
In 1806 Charles Merrik Burrell 3rd Baronet (age 31) was elected MP New Shoreham.
In 1832 Harry Dent Goring 8th Baronet (age 30) was elected MP New Shoreham.
In or after 1862 Percy Burrell 4th Baronet (age 49) was elected MP New Shoreham which seat he held until his death in 1876.
In 1876 Walter Burrell 5th Baronet (age 61) was elected MP New Shoreham which seat he held until 1885 when the seat was abolished.