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Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronetcies of England.
1st: John Lethbridge 1st Baronet. Died 1815. Son
2nd: Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet. Died 1849. Son
3rd: John Hesketh Lethbridge 3rd Baronet. Died 1873. Son
4th: Wroth Acland Lethbridge 4th Baronet. Died 1902. Son
5th: Wroth Periam Christopher Lethbridge 5th Baronet. Died 1950. Son
6th: Hector Wroth Lethbridge 6th Baronet. Died 1978. Son
7th: Thomas Periam Hector Noel Lethbridge 7th Baronet. Extant.
In 1804 John Lethbridge 1st Baronet (age 58) was created 1st Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset apparently for having paid the gambling debts of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 41).
In 1815 John Lethbridge 1st Baronet (age 69) died. His son Thomas (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset. He was buried at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Pilton [Map] where there is a ledger stone inscribed as follows:
Here lyeth ye body of Phillip Bowchier, Gent., buried ye 3d day of Agust 1687 aged 64 years. Here also layeth the body of Agnes late wife of Phillip Bowchier, Gent., who departed this life ye 25th day of Nobr 1698 aged 66. Here lyes also buryed the body of Thomas Lethbridge, Gent., son of Thomas Lethbridge of Clement's Inne, Gent., a younger son of Christopher Lethbridge of Westaway, Esq., by Margaret his wife daughter of the above named Philip Bowchier. Obt 10th Augst 1744 aetatis 20"
On 17th October 1849 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 71) died. He was buried at St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford [Map]. His son John (age 51) succeeded 3rd Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset.
In 1873 John Hesketh Lethbridge 3rd Baronet (age 75) died. His son Wroth (age 41) succeeded 4th Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset.
On 26th November 1902 Wroth Acland Lethbridge 4th Baronet (age 71) died. His son Wroth (age 38) succeeded 5th Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset. Alianore Chandos-Pole Lady Lethbridge (age 34) by marriage Lady Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset.
On 20th February 1950 Wroth Periam Christopher Lethbridge 5th Baronet (age 86) died. His son Hector (age 51) succeeded 6th Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset. Evelyn Diana Noel Lady Lethbridge (age 35) by marriage Lady Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset.
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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 29th June 1978 Hector Wroth Lethbridge 6th Baronet (age 79) died. His son Thomas (age 27) succeeded 7th Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset.