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.
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Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl is in Earl Ireland.
On 5th February 1822 Valentine Richard Wyndham-Quin 1st Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl (age 69) was created 1st Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl.
On 24th August 1824 Valentine Richard Wyndham-Quin 1st Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl (age 72) died. His son Windham (age 41) succeeded 2nd Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 2nd Viscount Mount Earl, 2nd Baron Adare. Caroline Wyndham Countess Dunraven and Mount Earl by marriage Countess Dunraven and Mount-Earl.
On 6th August 1850 Windham Quin 2nd Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl (age 67) died. His son Edwin (age 38) succeeded 3rd Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 3rd Viscount Mount Earl, 3rd Baron Adare
On 6th October 1871 Edwin Wyndham-Quin 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl (age 59) died. His son Windham (age 30) succeeded 4th Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 4th Viscount Mount Earl, 4th Baron Adare, 2nd Baron Kenry of Kenry in County Limerick. Florence Kerr Countess of Dunraven and Mount Earl (age 29) by marriage Countess Dunraven and Mount-Earl.
On 14th June 1926 Windham Wyndham-Quin 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl (age 85) died. His first cousin Windham (age 69) succeeded 5th Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 5th Viscount Mount Earl, 5th Baron Adare, 3rd Baron Kenry of Kenry in County Limerick.
On 23rd October 1952 Windham Wyndham-Quin 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl (age 95) died. His son Richard (age 65) succeeded 6th Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 6th Viscount Mount Earl, 6th Baron Adare, 4th Baron Kenry of Kenry in County Limerick. Nancy Yuille Countess of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (age 50) by marriage Countess Dunraven and Mount-Earl.
On 28th August 1965 Richard Wyndham-Quin 6th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (age 78) died. His son Thady (age 25) succeeded 7th Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 7th Viscount Mount Earl, 7th Baron Adare, 5th Baron Kenry of Kenry in County Limerick.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 25th March 2011 Thady Wyndham-Quin 7th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (age 71) died. Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl, Viscount Mount Earl, Baron Adare, Baron Kenry of Kenry in County Limerick extinct.