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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 Gort is in Viscount Ireland.
In 1816 John Prendergast Smyth 1st Viscount Gort was created 1st Viscount Gort with a special remainder to his nephew Charles Vereker 2nd Viscount Gort (age 48) (son of his sister Juliana Smyth).
On 23rd May 1817 John Prendergast Smyth 1st Viscount Gort died unmarried. Charles Vereker 2nd Viscount Gort (age 49) succeeded 2nd Viscount Gort.
On 11th November 1842 Charles Vereker 2nd Viscount Gort (age 74) died. His son John (age 52) succeeded 3rd Viscount Gort.
On 9th January 1900 Standish Prendergast Vereker 4th Viscount Gort (age 80) died. His son John (age 50) succeeded 5th Viscount Gort.
On 15th August 1902 John Gage Prendergast 5th Viscount Gort (age 53) died. His son John (age 16) succeeded 6th Viscount Gort.