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 Dysart is in Earl.
In 1643 William Murray 1st Earl Dysart [aged 43] was created 1st Earl Dysart.
On 30th September 1680 Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart [aged 31] and Grace Wilbraham Countess Dysart [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Dysart. He the son of Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale [aged 54].
On 5th June 1698 Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale [aged 71] died at Ham House, Richmond, Surrey. She was buried at Church of St Peter Petersham, Surrey. Her son Lionel [aged 49] succeeded 3rd Earl Dysart.
On 23rd February 1727 Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart [aged 78] died. His grandson Lionel [aged 18] succeeded 4th Earl Dysart, 5th Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
In 1729 Lionel Tollemache 4th Earl Dysart [aged 20] and Grace Carteret Countess Dysart [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Countess Dysart. They had sixteen children of which only seven reached adulthood. She the daughter of John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville [aged 38] and Frances Worsley Countess Granville [aged 36]. They were sixth cousins.
On 10th March 1770 Lionel Tollemache 4th Earl Dysart [aged 61] died. His son Lionel [aged 35] succeeded 5th Earl Dysart, 6th Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk. Charlotte Walpole Countess Dysart [aged 32] by marriage Countess Dysart.
On 20th February 1799 Lionel Tollemache 5th Earl Dysart [aged 64] died at Ham House, Richmond, Surrey without issue. His brother Wilbrahim [aged 59] succeeded 6th Earl Dysart, 7th Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
On 9th March 1821 Wilbrahim Tollemache 6th Earl Dysart [aged 81] died. His sister Louisa [aged 75] succeeded 7th Countess Dysart. Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk extinct. Her grandson William Manners aka Tollemache 1st Baronet [aged 54] assumed the name Tollemache.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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On 22nd September 1840 Louisa Tollemache 7th Countess Dysart [aged 95] died without issue. Her grandson Lionel [aged 45] succeeded 8th Earl Dysart. Maria Elizabeth Toone Countess Dysart by marriage Countess Dysart.
On 23rd September 1878 Lionel Tollemache 8th Earl Dysart [aged 83] died. His grandson William [aged 19] succeeded 9th Earl Dysart, 3rd Baronet Tollemache of Hanby Hall in Lincolnshire.
On 22nd November 1935 William Tolemache 9th Earl Dysart [aged 76] died. His nephew Wenefryde [aged 46] succeeded 9th Earl Dysart. His second cousin Lyonel [aged 81] succeeded 4th Baronet Tollemache of Hanby Hall in Lincolnshire.
