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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Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey

Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.

Summary

1716. George Cholmondeley 2nd Earl Cholmondeley [aged 50] created.

7th May 1733. Son George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl Cholmondeley [aged 30] succeeded.

10th June 1770. Grandson George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 21] succeeded.

10th April 1827. Son George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 35] succeeded.

8th May 1870. Brother William Cholmondeley 3rd Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 70] succeeded.

16th December 1884. Grandson George Cholmondeley 4th Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 26] succeeded.

16th March 1923. Son George Cholmondeley 5th Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 39] succeeded.

16th September 1968. Son Hugh Cholmondeley 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley [aged 49] succeeded.

13th March 1990. Son David Cholmondeley 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley [aged 29] succeeded.

In 1716 George Cholmondeley 2nd Earl Cholmondeley [aged 50] was created 1st Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey. Elisabeth van Ruytenburgh Baroness Newborough and Newburgh [aged 36] by marriage Baroness Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey.

On 8th May 1870 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 78] died. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map]. His brother William [aged 70] succeeded 3rd Marquess Cholmondeley, 6th Earl Cholmondeley in Cheshire, 3rd Earl Rocksavage of Cheshire, 7th Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath, 6th Viscount Malpas in Cheshire, 6th Baron Cholmondeley Nampwich in Cheshire, 5th Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey, 5th Baron Newborough of Newborough in County Wexford. Marcia Emma Georgiana Arbuthnot Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 66] by marriage Marchioness Cholmondeley.

On 16th September 1968 George Cholmondeley 5th Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 85] died. His son Hugh [aged 49] succeeded 6th Marquess Cholmondeley, 9th Earl Cholmondeley in Cheshire, 6th Earl Rocksavage of Cheshire, 10th Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath, 9th Viscount Malpas in Cheshire, 9th Baron Cholmondeley Nampwich in Cheshire, 8th Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey, 8th Baron Newborough of Newborough in County Wexford. Lavinia Margaret Leslie Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 47] by marriage Marchioness Cholmondeley.