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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 Scarborough is in Member Parliament.
In October 1553 Leonard Chamberlain (age 49) was elected MP Scarborough.
In April 1554 Anthony Browne (age 45) was elected MP Scarborough.
In 1744 Edwin Lascelles 1st Baron Harewood (age 31) was elected MP Scarborough.
In 1761 John Major 1st Baronet (age 62) was elected unopposed MP Scarborough which set he held until 1768 when he was defeated. He did not stand for Parliament again.
On 27th November 1770 James Pennyman 6th Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Scarborough at a by-election.
On 28th June 1772 George Carpenter 2nd Earl Tyrconnel (age 22) was elected MP Scarborough.
In 1796 Charles Henry Somerset (age 28) was elected MP Scarborough.
In 1837 Thomas Charles Style 8th Baronet (age 39) was elected MP Scarborough which seat he held until 1841.
In 1847 George Phipps 2nd Marquess Normanby (age 27) was elected MP Scarborough which seat he held until 1851.
In 1852 George Phipps 2nd Marquess Normanby (age 32) was elected MP Scarborough which seat he held until 1857.