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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 Newton is in Member Parliament.
In 1571 Anthony Mildmay (age 21) was elected MP Newton.
In 1593 Richard Browne (age 54) was elected MP Newton.
In November 1642 Roger Palmer (age 65) was elected MP Newton during the Long Parliament.
In 1658 William Brereton 3rd Baron Brereton (age 26) was elected MP Newton.
In March 1679 Andrew Fountaine (age 46) was elected MP Newton. His wife's brother-in-law Richard Legh (age 44) controlled the Newton constituency and paid for his election expenses.
In October 1679 Andrew Fountaine (age 46) was elected MP Newton.
In 1681 Andrew Fountaine (age 48) was elected MP Newton.
In 1695 Thomas Brotherton (age 38) was elected MP Newton which seat he held until Nov 1701.
On 16th April 1814 Thomas Legh (age 21) was elected MP Newton which seat he held until 1832 when the seat was abolished.
On 11th February 1825 Robert Farquhar (age 48) was elected MP Newton.