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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.
Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.
Summary
5th July 1746. Hugh Fortescue 1st Earl Clinton created.
1751. Half Brother Matthew Fortescue 2nd Baron Fortescue succeeded.
1785. Son Hugh Fortescue 1st Earl Fortescue succeeded.
16th June 1841. Son Hugh Fortescue 2nd Earl Fortescue succeeded.
14th September 1861. Son Hugh Fortescue 3rd Earl Fortescue succeeded.
10th October 1905. Son Hugh Fortescue 4th Earl Fortescue succeeded.
29th October 1932. Son Hugh William Fortescue 5th Earl Fortescue succeeded.
14th June 1958. Brother Denzil George Fortescue 6th Earl Fortescue succeeded.
1st June 1977. Son Richard Fortescue 7th Earl Fortescue succeeded.
7th March 1993. Son Charles Fortescue 8th Earl Fortescue succeeded.
On 5th July 1746 Hugh Fortescue 1st Earl Clinton (age 50) was created 1st Earl Clinton, 1st Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill.
In 1751 Hugh Fortescue 1st Earl Clinton (age 55) died unmarried. Earl Clinton extinct. His half brother Matthew (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill. Baron Clinton abeyant between his sister Margaret Fortescue and his second cousin Margaret Rolle Countess Orford (age 41).
On 8th July 1752 Matthew Fortescue 2nd Baron Fortescue (age 33) and Anne Campbell Baroness Fortescue (age 24) were married. She by marriage Baroness Fortescue of Castle Hill.
In 1785 Matthew Fortescue 2nd Baron Fortescue (age 66) died. His son Hugh Fortescue (age 31) succeeded 3rd Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill.
On 16th June 1841 Hugh Fortescue 1st Earl Fortescue (age 88) died. His son Hugh (age 58) succeeded 2nd Earl Fortescue, 2nd Viscount Ebrington of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, 4th Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill. Elizabeth Geale Countess Fortescue by marriage Countess Fortescue.
On 14th September 1861 Hugh Fortescue 2nd Earl Fortescue (age 78) died. His son Hugh (age 43) succeeded 3rd Earl Fortescue, 3rd Viscount Ebrington of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, 5th Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill.
On 10th October 1905 Hugh Fortescue 3rd Earl Fortescue (age 87) died. His son Hugh (age 51) succeeded 4th Earl Fortescue, 4th Viscount Ebrington of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, 6th Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill.
On 29th October 1932 Hugh Fortescue 4th Earl Fortescue (age 78) died. His son Hugh (age 44) succeeded 5th Earl Fortescue, 5th Viscount Ebrington of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, 7th Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill. Margaret Helen Beaumont Countess Fortescue (age 39) by marriage Countess Fortescue.
On 14th June 1958 (his seventieth birthday) Hugh William Fortescue 5th Earl Fortescue (age 70) died four days after the death of his wife. His only son had been killed at the Battle of El Alamein. His brother Denzil (age 65) succeeded 6th Earl Fortescue, 6th Viscount Ebrington of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, 8th Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill. Marjorie Ellinor Trotter Countess Fortescue (age 64) by marriage Countess Fortescue.
On 1st June 1977 Denzil George Fortescue 6th Earl Fortescue (age 83) died. His son Richard (age 55) succeeded 7th Earl Fortescue, 7th Viscount Ebrington of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, 9th Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill.
On 7th March 1993 Richard Fortescue 7th Earl Fortescue (age 70) died. His son Charles (age 41) succeeded 8th Earl Fortescue, 8th Viscount Ebrington of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, 10th Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill.