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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.
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Culture, MP Scotland, MP Dumfries Burghs
On 30th November 1708 William Johnstone 2nd Baronet (age 45) was elected MP Dumfries Burghs which seat he held until 1710.
In 1713 William Johnstone 2nd Baronet (age 50) was elected MP Dunfrieshire and MP Dumfries Burghs which seats he held until 1715.
On 9th May 1713 William Johnstone 2nd Baronet (age 50) was elected MP Dumfries Burghs which seat he held until 8th August 1713.
Culture, MP Scotland, MP Dunfrieshire
In 1713 William Johnstone 2nd Baronet (age 50) was elected MP Dunfrieshire and MP Dumfries Burghs which seats he held until 1715.
In 1715 William Johnstone 2nd Baronet (age 52) was elected MP Dunfrieshire which seats he held until 1722.
Culture, MP Scotland, MP Glasgow
In 1879 Charles Tennant 1st Baronet (age 55) was elected MP Glasgow which seat he held until 1880.
Culture, MP Scotland, MP Haddingtonshire
In 1780 Hew Dalrymple 3rd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Haddingtonshire which seat he held until 1786.
Culture, MP Scotland, MP Kilmarnock Boroughs
On 26th September 1911 William Glynne Charles Gladstone (age 26) was elected MP Kilmarnock Boroughs which seat he held until his death in 1915.
Culture, MP Scotland, MP Kincardineshire
In 1892 John William Crombie (age 33) was elected MP Kincardineshire. He was re-elected in 1895, 1900 and 1906.
Culture, MP Scotland, MP Lanarkshire
On 23rd December 1718 Archibald Hamilton (age 45) was elected MP Lanarkshire at a by-election.
Culture, MP Scotland, MP Peebles and Selkirk
In 1880 Charles Tennant 1st Baronet (age 56) was elected MP Peebles and Selkirk which seat he held until 1886.