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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.

Culture, Lords of England, Marquessates of England Alphabetically, Marquess Wharton

Marquess Wharton is in Marquessates of England Alphabetically, Marquessates of England Chronologically, Extinct Marquessates of England.

In 1715 Thomas Wharton 1st Marquess Wharton (age 66) was created 1st Marquess Wharton. Lucy Loftus Marchioness Wharton (age 45) by marriage Marchioness Wharton.

On 12th April 1715 Thomas Wharton 1st Marquess Wharton (age 66) died. He was buried at Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire. His son Philip succeeded 2nd Marquess Wharton, 2nd Earl Wharton, 6th Baron Wharton.

On 31st May 1731 Philip Wharton 1st Duke Wharton died. Duke Wharton, Marquess Wharton and Earl Wharton extinct. Baron Wharton abeyant between Jane Wharton (age 25) and Lucy Wharton Lady Morice.