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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MP Northampton is in Member Parliament. See Northampton [Map].
In October 1553 Francis Morgan (age 42) was elected MP Northampton.
In April 1554 Francis Morgan (age 43) was elected MP Northampton.
In 1597 Henry Yelverton (age 30) was elected MP Northampton. He was elected again in 1604 and 1614.
In 1690 Thomas Samwell 1st Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Northampton which seat he held until February 1694.
In August 1727 George Compton 6th Earl of Northampton (age 35) was elected MP Northampton.
On 13th April 1744 George Montagu (age 31) was elected MP Northampton which seat he held unti 1754.
In 1761 Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton (age 22) was elected MP Northampton.
In 1780 George Rodney 2nd Baron Rodney (age 26) was elected MP Northampton.
In 1782 Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan (age 46) was elected MP Northampton.
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.
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In 1830 George Robinson 5th Baronet was elected MP Northampton which seat he held until 1832.
In 1831 Robert Smith aka Vernon 1st Baron Lyveden (age 30) was elected MP Northampton which seat he held until 1859.