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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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In 1601 Francis Leigh (age 22) was elected MP Oxford.
In 1604 Francis Leigh (age 25) was elected MP Oxford.
In 1614 John Astley was elected MP Oxford.
In 1695 Thomas Rowney (age 26) was elected MP Oxford, and continued as MP Oxford until 1722 when he was succeeded by his son Thomas Rowney of Dean Farm, Oxfordshire (age 2).
In 1722 Thomas Rowney of Dean Farm, Oxfordshire (age 29) was elected MP Oxford succeeding his father in the 1722 General Election.
In 1727 Thomas Rowney of Dean Farm, Oxfordshire (age 34) was elected MP Oxford in the 1727 General Election.
In 1734 Thomas Rowney of Dean Farm, Oxfordshire (age 41) was elected MP Oxford in the 1734 General Election.
In 1741 Thomas Rowney of Dean Farm, Oxfordshire (age 48) was elected MP Oxford in the 1741 General Election.
In 1747 Thomas Rowney of Dean Farm, Oxfordshire (age 54) was elected MP Oxford unopposed.
In 1754 Thomas Rowney of Dean Farm, Oxfordshire (age 61) was elected MP Oxford in the 1754 General Election.
In 1807 William Sloane Stanley (age 27) was elected MP Oxford.
In 1831 George Harcourt (age 45) was elected MP Oxford which seat he held until his death in 1861.