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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.
On 10th August 1698 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough was born to Edward Stratford at Ormond, County Tipperary.
On 8th May 1716 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough educated at Trinity College, Dublin.
In 1721 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough was elected MP Baltinglass.
In 1727 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough was appointed High Sheriff of Wexford.
In or before 1736 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough and Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough were married.
In 1736 [his son] Edward Stratford 2nd Earl Aldborough was born to John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough and [his wife] Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough.
In 1736 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough was appointed High Sheriff of Wicklow.
In 1739 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough was appointed High Sheriff of Wexford.
Around 1740 [his son] John Stratford 3rd Earl Aldborough was born to John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough and [his wife] Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough.
On 7th September 1760 [his son-in-law] Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt and [his daughter] Amelia Stratford Viscountess Powerscourt were married. She the daughter of John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough and [his wife] Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough.
On 21st May 1763 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough was created 1st Baron Baltinglass of Wicklow.
On 29th July 1765 [his son] Edward Stratford 2nd Earl Aldborough and [his daughter-in-law] Barbara Herbert Countess Aldborough were married. He the son of John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough and [his wife] Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough.
On 22nd July 1776 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough was created 1st Viscount Aldborough of Belan in Kildare.
On 9th February 1777 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough was created 1st Earl Aldborough. [his wife] Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough by marriage Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough.
In April 1777 [his son] John Stratford 3rd Earl Aldborough and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Aldborough were married. He the son of John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough and [his wife] Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough.
On 29th May 1777 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough died. [his son] Edward Stratford 2nd Earl Aldborough succeeded 2nd Earl Aldborough, 2nd Viscount Aldborough of Belan in Kildare, 2nd Baron Baltinglass of Wicklow. [his daughter-in-law] Barbara Herbert Countess Aldborough by marriage Countess Aldborough.
On 11th March 1796 [his former wife] Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough died.
[his daughter] Amelia Stratford Viscountess Powerscourt was born to John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough and Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough.