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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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In March 1660 Roger Palmer 1st Earl Castlemaine (age 26) was elected MP Windsor during the Convention Parliament.

In 1685 William Chiffinch (age 83) was elected MP Windsor.

In 1710 John Berkeley 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 60) was elected MP Windsor.

In 1722 Charles Beauclerk 2nd Duke St Albans (age 25) was elected MP Windsor.

In 1733 Vere Beauclerk 1st Baron de Vere (age 33) was elected MP Windsor.

In 1733 Sidney Beauclerk (age 29) was elected MP Windsor.

In 1761 Augustus Keppel 1st Viscount Keppel (age 35) was elected MP Windsor.

In 1832 Samuel John Brooke-Pechell 3rd Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Windsor which seat he held until 1835.

In 1841 Ralph Neville-Grenville (age 23) was elected MP Windsor which seat he held until 1847.

In 1852 Charles Wellesley (age 43) was elected MP Windsor.