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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.

Biography of Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles 3rd Baronet -1762

Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles 3rd Baronet was born to John Eyles 2nd Baronet and Mary Haskin Styles.

Around 1735 Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles 3rd Baronet and Sibella Egerton (age 23) were married.

On 14th November 1735 [his mother] Mary Haskin Styles died.

On 4th April 1739 Benjamin Haskins Styles died. His nephew Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles 3rd Baronet inherited his estate on the proviso he adopted the name Styles.

On 16th April 1741 [his son] John Haskins Eyles-Styles 4th Baronet was born to Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles 3rd Baronet and [his wife] Sibella Egerton (age 29).

In 1742 Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles 3rd Baronet was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

On 16th January 1745 [his daughter] Mary Eyles-Styles was born to Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles 3rd Baronet and [his wife] Sibella Egerton (age 33).

On 11th March 1745 [his father] John Eyles 2nd Baronet (age 62) died. His son Francis succeeded 3rd Baronet Eyles of London.

All About History Books

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.

The London Gazette 9984. Whitehall, March 22 [1760].

The King has been, pleased, in Consideration of the, many great, and eminent Services rendered unto His Majesty by Charles Watson, Esq; deceased, late Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships in the East Indies, to grant unto Charles Watson (age 8), Esq. only Son of the said Charles Watson, and to his Heirs Male, the Dignity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

The King has been pleased to constitute and appoint James Wallace, Esq; Sir Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles, Bart, the Hon. Horatio Townshend (age 42), Francis Vernon, Esqrs. Sir Roger Burgoyne (age 49), Bart. Robert Pell, Esq; together with John Rule, Esq. Commisioners for Victualling His Majesty's Navy Royal.

The King has been pleased to constitute and appoint John Paul Yvounet, Edward Montagu, Robert Coney, and John Cowsland, together with John Bridges the Younger, Esqrs. to be Commissioners for Appeals and regulating ths Duties of Excise.

On 26th January 1762 Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles 3rd Baronet died. at Naples [Map]. His son [his son] John (age 20) succeeded 4th Baronet Eyles of London.

Before 23rd April 1763 [his former wife] Sibella Egerton (age 51) died.

Ancestors of Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles 3rd Baronet -1762

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Eyles

GrandFather: Francis Eyles 1st Baronet

Father: John Eyles 2nd Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Ayley

GrandMother: Elizabeth Ayley

Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles 3rd Baronet

GrandFather: Joseph Haskin Styles

Mother: Mary Haskin Styles

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Eyles

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Eyles

GrandMother: Sarah Eyles