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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 Sandwich is in Member Parliament.
In 1604 George Fane of Burston (age 23) was elected MP Sandwich.
In 1614 Thomas Smythe (age 56) was elected MP Sandwich.
In November 1640 Thomas Peyton 2nd Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Sandwich.
In 1659 Richard Meredith 2nd Baronet was elected MP Sandwich.
In 1660 Henry Oxenden 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Sandwich.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin 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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On 27th October 1665 Colonel John Strode (age 37) was elected MP Sandwich.
In 1679 James Oxenden 2nd Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Sandwich which seat he held until 1685.
In 1685 Philip Parker 1st Baronet (age 67) was elected MP Sandwich.
In 1685 Colonel John Strode (age 57) was elected MP Sandwich.
In 1689 James Oxenden 2nd Baronet (age 47) was elected MP Sandwich which seat he held until 1690.
In 1701 James Oxenden 2nd Baronet (age 59) was elected MP Sandwich which seat he held until 1702.
In 1713 Henry Oxenden 4th Baronet (age 22) was elected MP Sandwich. He was re-elected in 1715.
On 9th May 1720 George Oxenden 5th Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Sandwich at a by-election probably caused by the death of his brother Henry Oxenden 4th Baronet (deceased). He was re-elected in 1722, 1727 and 1734 (when he also contested MP Kent), 1741 and 1747. He stood down in 1754.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1807 Admiral Peter Rainier (age 65) was elected MP Sandwich.