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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 Preston is in Member Parliament.
In March 1553 Anthony Browne (age 44) was elected MP Preston.
In October 1553 William Gerard (age 31) was elected MP Preston.
In October 1553 Anthony Browne (age 44) was elected MP Preston.
In November 1554 Richard Shireburn (age 32) was elected MP Preston.
In 1555 John Arundell (age 25) was elected MP Preston.
In 1558 Richard Shireburn (age 36) was elected MP Preston.
In 1559 Richard Cooke (age 29) was elected MP Preston.
In 1614, 1621 and 1624 Edward Mosley (age 44) was elected MP Preston.
In 1685 Andrew Newport (age 64) was elected MP Preston.
In 1710 Henry Hoghton 5th Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Preston which seat he held until 1713. He was re-elected for Preston in 1715.
In 1714 James Shuttleworth was elected MP Preston which seat he held until 1754.
In 1727 Henry Hoghton 5th Baronet (age 49) was elected MP Preston. He was re-elected in 1734. He was defeated in 1741.
In 1768 Henry Hoghton 6th Baronet (age 39) was elected MP Preston. He was returned unopposed in 1774. And won contests in 1780 and 1784. He was returned in 1790.
On 26th March 1795 Henry Hoghton 7th Baronet (age 26) was elected MP Preston at a by-election brought about by the death of his father Henry Hoghton 6th Baronet (deceased). He was returned unopposed in 1796. He did not stand in 1802.
In 1862 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Preston. He held the seat until his death.