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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.
Earl Dover is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
On 8th March 1628 Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 48) was created 1st Earl Dover. Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 37) by marriage Countess Dover.
On 6th July 1630 Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 50) and Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 65) were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street. She by marriage Countess Dover.
On 13th April 1666 Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 86) died at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire [Map]. His son John (age 58) succeeded 2nd Earl Dover, 2nd Viscount Rochford. Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 56) by marriage Countess Dover.
On 26th May 1677 John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 69) died without male issue. Earl Dover and Viscount Rochford extinct. His second cousin once removed Robert (age 25) succeeded 6th Baron Hunsdon.