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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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Summary
29th March 1703. John Manners 1st Duke Rutland created.
10th January 1711. Son John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland succeeded.
22nd February 1721. Son John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland succeeded.
29th May 1779. Grandson Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland succeeded.
24th October 1787. Son John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland succeeded.
20th January 1857. Son Charles Manners 6th Duke Rutland succeeded.
3rd March 1888. Brother John Manners 7th Duke Rutland succeeded.
5th August 1906. Son Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland succeeded.
8th May 1925. Son John Henry Montagu Manners 9th Duke Rutland succeeded.
22nd April 1940. Son Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland succeeded.
4th January 1999. Son David Manners 11th Duke of Rutland succeeded.
On 29th March 1703 John Manners 1st Duke Rutland (age 64) was created 1st Duke Rutland, 1st Marquess Grandby. Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland (age 46) by marriage Duchess Rutland.
On 10th January 1711 John Manners 1st Duke Rutland (age 72) died at Belvoir Castle [Map]. His son John (age 34) succeeded 2nd Duke Rutland, 2nd Marquess Grandby, 10th Earl of Rutland, 2nd Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland (age 34) by marriage Duchess Rutland.
On 22nd February 1721 John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland (age 44) died. His son John (age 24) succeeded 3rd Duke Rutland, 3rd Marquess Grandby, 11th Earl of Rutland, 3rd Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 21) by marriage Duchess Rutland.
On 29th May 1779 John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 82) died. His grandson Charles (age 25) succeeded 4th Duke Rutland, 4th Marquess Grandby, 12th Earl of Rutland, 4th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland (age 22) by marriage Duchess Rutland.
On 24th October 1787 Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland (age 33) died at Phoenix Park Lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin. His son John (age 9) succeeded 5th Duke Rutland, 5th Marquess Grandby, 13th Earl of Rutland, 5th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire.
On 20th January 1857 John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland (age 79) died. His son Charles (age 41) succeeded 6th Duke Rutland, 6th Marquess Grandby, 14th Earl of Rutland, 6th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire.
On 3rd March 1888 Charles Manners 6th Duke Rutland (age 72) died unmarried at Belvoir Castle [Map]. His brother John Manners (age 69) succeeded 7th Duke Rutland, 7th Marquess Grandby, 15th Earl of Rutland, 7th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. Janetta Hughan (age 51) by marriage Duchess Rutland.
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.
On 5th August 1906 John Manners 7th Duke Rutland (age 87) died at Belvoir Castle [Map]. His son Henry (age 54) succeeded 8th Duke Rutland, 8th Marquess Grandby, 16th Earl of Rutland, 2nd Baron Roos of Belvoir in Leicestershire. Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland (age 50) by marriage Duchess Rutland.
On 8th May 1925 Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland (age 73) died. His son John (age 38) succeeded 9th Duke Rutland, 9th Marquess Grandby, 17th Earl of Rutland, 9th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire, 3rd Baron Roos of Belvoir in Leicestershire. Kathleen Tennant Duchess Rutland (age 30) by marriage Duchess Rutland.
On 22nd April 1940 John Henry Montagu Manners 9th Duke Rutland (age 53) died of pneumonia at Belvoir Castle [Map]. His son Charles (age 20) succeeded 10th Duke Rutland, 10th Marquess Grandby, 18th Earl of Rutland, 10th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire, 4th Baron Roos of Belvoir in Leicestershire.
On 4th January 1999 Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland (age 79) died. His son David (age 39) succeeded 11th Duke Rutland, 11th Marquess Grandby, 19th Earl of Rutland, 11th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire, 5th Baron Roos of Belvoir in Leicestershire.