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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.
Baronet Blackwood of the Navy is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronetcies of England.
Summary
September 1814. Henry Blackwood 1st Baronet created.
17th December 1832. Son Henry Blackwood 2nd Baronet succeeded.
7th January 1851. Son Henry Blackwood 3rd Baronet succeeded.
26th May 1854. Brother Francis Blackwood 4th Baronet succeeded.
20th June 1924. Grandson Henry Palmer Temple Blackwood 5th Baronet succeeded.
1st September 1948. Brother Francis Elliot Temple Blackwood 6th Baronet succeeded.
1979. First Cousin Francis George Blackwood 10th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye succeeded.
13th November 1991. Son John Blackwood 11th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye succeeded.
In September 1814 Henry Blackwood 1st Baronet (age 43) was created 1st Baronet Blackwood of the Navy.
On 17th December 1832 Henry Blackwood 1st Baronet (age 61) died. His son Henry (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baronet Blackwood of the Navy.
On 7th January 1851 Henry Blackwood 2nd Baronet (age 49) died. His son Henry (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baronet Blackwood of the Navy.
On 26th May 1854 Henry Blackwood 3rd Baronet (age 26) died. His brother Francis (age 15) succeeded 4th Baronet Blackwood of the Navy.
On 20th June 1924 Francis Blackwood 4th Baronet (age 85) died. His grandson Henry (age 28) succeeded 5th Baronet Blackwood of the Navy.
On 1st September 1948 Henry Palmer Temple Blackwood 5th Baronet (age 52) died. His brother Francis (age 47) succeeded 6th Baronet Blackwood of the Navy.
In 1979 Francis Elliot Temple Blackwood 6th Baronet (age 77) died. His first cousin Francis (age 62) succeeded 7th Baronet Blackwood of the Navy.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 13th November 1991 Francis George Blackwood 10th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye (age 75) died. His son John (age 47) succeeded 11th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down, 8th Baronet Blackwood of the Navy.