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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.
Viscount Portman is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically, Viscountcies of England Chronologically, Extant Viscountcies of England.
Summary
28th March 1873. Edward Berkeley Fitzharding 1st Viscount Portman created.
19th November 1888. Son William Henry Portman 2nd Viscount Portman succeeded.
16th October 1919. Son Henry Berkeley Portman 3rd Viscount Portman succeeded.
18th January 1923. Brother Claud Berkeley Portman 4th Viscount Portman succeeded.
6th June 1929. Son Edward Claud Berkeley Portman 5th Viscount Portman succeeded.
1942. Uncle Seymour Berkeley Portman 6th Viscount Portman succeeded.
2nd November 1946. Brother Gerald Berkeley Portman 7th Viscount Portman succeeded.
3rd September 1948. Son Gerald William Portman 8th Viscount Portman succeeded.
1967. Son Edward Portman 9th Viscount Portman succeeded.
2nd May 1999. Son Christopher Portman 10th Viscount Portman succeeded.
On 28th March 1873 Edward Berkeley Fitzharding 1st Viscount Portman (age 73) was created 1st Viscount Portman.
On 19th November 1888 Edward Berkeley Fitzharding 1st Viscount Portman (age 89) died. His son William (age 59) succeeded 2nd Viscount Portman, 2nd Baron Portman. Mary Selina Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Viscountess Portman (age 52) by marriage Viscountess Portman.
On 16th October 1919 William Henry Portman 2nd Viscount Portman (age 90) died. His son Henry (age 59) succeeded 3rd Viscount Portman, 3rd Baron Portman.
On 18th January 1923 Henry Berkeley Portman 3rd Viscount Portman (age 62) died. His brother Claud (age 58) succeeded 4th Viscount Portman, 4th Baron Portman.
On 6th June 1929 Claud Berkeley Portman 4th Viscount Portman (age 64) died. His son Edward (age 31) succeeded 5th Viscount Portman, 5th Baron Portman. Sybil Mary Douglas-Pennant Viscountess Portman (age 42) by marriage Viscountess Portman.
In 1942 Edward Claud Berkeley Portman 5th Viscount Portman (age 44) died. His uncle Seymour (age 73) succeeded 6th Viscount Portman, 6th Baron Portman.
On 2nd November 1946 Seymour Berkeley Portman 6th Viscount Portman (age 78) died. His brother Gerald (age 71) succeeded 7th Viscount Portman, 7th Baron Portman.
On 3rd September 1948 Gerald Berkeley Portman 7th Viscount Portman (age 73) died. His son Gerald (age 45) succeeded 8th Viscount Portman, 8th Baron Portman.
In 1967 Gerald William Portman 8th Viscount Portman (age 64) died. His son Edward (age 32) succeeded 9th Viscount Portman, 9th Baron Portman.
On 2nd May 1999 Edward Portman 9th Viscount Portman (age 65) died. His son Christopher (age 40) succeeded 10th Viscount Portman, 10th Baron Portman.