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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 Brown of the City and Liberty of Westminster is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
The London Gazette 7069. Whitehall, February 29 [1731]. His Majesty has been pleased to grant unto John Baron, Master of Arts, the Archdeaconry of Norfolk, void by the Promotion of the Right Reverend Father in God Dr. Thomas Tanner (age 57) to the Bishoprick of St. Asaph.
His Majesty has been pleased to confer the Dignity of a Baronet of Great Britain upon Robert Brown of the City and Liberty of Westminster, Esq;. [Note. Created with a special remainder to his brothers.]
On 5th October 1760 Robert Brown 1st Baronet died. His nephew James (age 39) succeeded 2nd Baronet Brown of the City and Liberty of Westminster.
On 21st April 1784 James O'Hara Brown 2nd Baronet (age 63) died. His son William (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baronet Brown of the City and Liberty of Westminster.
On 20th October 1830 William Augustus Brown (age 66) died. Baronet Brown of the City and Liberty of Westminster extinct.