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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 Plymouth is in Member Parliament. See Plymouth, Devon [Map].
In 1555 Thomas Carew (age 28) was elected MP Plymouth.
In 1698 John Rogers 1st Baronet (age 49) was elected MP Plymouth which seat he held until 1700.
In 1698 Charles Trelawny (age 45) was elected MP Plymouth. He was re-elected in Feb 1701, Dec 1701, 1702, 1705 1708 and 1710.
In 1713 John Rogers 2nd Baronet (age 36) was appointed Recorder of Plymouth and elected MP Plymouth. He was re-elected in 1715. He did not stand in 1722.
On 31st October 1723 Pattee Byng 2nd Viscount Torrington (age 24) was elected MP Plymouth.
In 1728 Robert Byng (age 25) was elected MP Plymouth.
In 1739 John Rogers 3rd Baronet (age 30) was elected MP Plymouth which seat he held until the following year.
On 5th June 1778 George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth (age 22) was elected MP Plymouth which seat he held until 1780. He made his maiden speech 17th March 1779 against the bill for the relief of protestant dissenters.
In 1797 Francis Glanville (age 34) was elected MP Plymouth which seat he held until 1802.
In 1832 John Collier was elected MP Plymouth which seat he held in 1835 and 1837. He stood down in 1841.
In 1852 Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell (age 34) was elected MP Plymouth. He retained the seat till he became a member of the judicial committee of the privy council. Lord Cranworth made him a queen's counsel in 1854.
All About History Books
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.
In 1900 Ivor Churchill Guest 1st Viscount Wimborne (age 26) was elected MP Plymouth which seat he held until 1906.