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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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MP Staffordshire is in Member Parliament.

In 1324 John Arderne (age 24) was elected MP Staffordshire.

In 1427 Humphrey Stafford (age 27) was elected MP Staffordshire.

In March 1553 William Devereux of Merevale (age 28) was elected MP Staffordshire.

In 1572 John Fleetwood (age 55) was elected MP Staffordshire.

In 1586 William Bassett (age 34) was elected MP Staffordshire.

Before 1601 John "Black Sir John" Egerton (age 49) was elected MP Staffordshire.

In 1607 John "Black Sir John" Egerton (age 56) was elected MP Staffordshire.

In 1646 John Skeffington 2nd Viscount Massereene was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held until 1647.

In 1660 William Sneyd (age 47) was elected MP Staffordshire.

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 1678 Walter Bagot 3rd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Staffordshire which he held until 1695.

On 7th November 1695 Henry Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 32) was elected MP Staffordshire.

On 15th February 1704 Edward Bagot 4th Baronet (age 30) was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held until 1708.

In 1741 Walter Wagstaffe Bagot 5th Baronet (age 38) was elected MP Staffordshire unopposed.

In 1747 Walter Wagstaffe Bagot 5th Baronet (age 44) was elected MP Staffordshire in a fiercely fought contest. He stood down in 1754 in favour of his son William Bagot 1st Baron Bagot (age 18).

In 1757 Henry Carteret 1st Baron Carteret (age 22) was elected MP Staffordshire.

On 5th July 1768 John Wrottesley 8th Baronet (age 23) was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held for the remainder of his life.

In 1780 George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth (age 24) was elected MP Staffordshire.

On 8th April 1784 Edward Littleton 4th Baronet (age 57) was elected MP Staffordshire unopposed.

In 1799 Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville (age 25) was elected MP Staffordshire.

In 1820 John Fletcher aka Boughey 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held until his death in 1823.

In 1823 John Wrottesley 1st Baron Wrottesley (age 51) was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held until 1832.