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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 Temporal Ireland, Earl Ireland, Earl Bantry

Earl Bantry is in Earl Ireland.

Creation of Irish Earls

On 22nd January 1816 two new Irish Eardom's were created ...

Richard White 1st Earl Bantry (age 48) was created 1st Earl Bantry. Margaret Anne Hare Countess Bantry by marriage Countess Bantry.

Richard Butler 1st Earl Glengall (age 40) was created 1st Earl Glengall.

On 2nd May 1851 Richard White 1st Earl Bantry (age 83) died. His son Richard (age 50) succeeded 2nd Earl Bantry. Mary O'Brien Countess Bantry by marriage Countess Bantry.

On 16th July 1868 Richard White 2nd Earl Bantry (age 67) died. His brother William (age 66) succeeded 3rd Earl Bantry.

On 15th January 1884 William Henry Hare Hedges-White 3rd Earl Bantry (age 82) died. His son William (age 30) succeeded 4th Earl Bantry.

On 18th February 1886 William Henry Hare Hedges-White 4th Earl Bantry (age 32) and Rosamund Catherine Petre Countess Bantry (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Bantry. He the son of William Henry Hare Hedges-White 3rd Earl Bantry.

In 1891 William Henry Hare Hedges-White 4th Earl Bantry (age 37) died without issue. Earl Bantry extinct.