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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 Thornycroft of Milcombe in Oxfordshire is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
1st: John Thornycroft 1st Baronet. Died 1725. Son
2nd: John Thornycroft 2nd Baronet. Died 1743. Extinct.
On 12th August 1701 John Thornycroft 1st Baronet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Thornycroft of Milcombe in Oxfordshire.
On 8th December 1725 John Thornycroft 1st Baronet (age 66) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Bloxham. His son John (age 34) succeeded 2nd Baronet Thornycroft of Milcombe in Oxfordshire.
In 1743 John Thornycroft 2nd Baronet (age 52) died. Baronet Thornycroft of Milcombe in Oxfordshire extinct.