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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.
Exchequer is in Miscellaneous.
In 1673 Robert Howard (age 46) was appointed Auditor of the Exchequer.
In 1207 William Cantilupe Baron (age 48) was appointed Baron of the Exchequer.
Close Rolls Edward IV Edward V Richard III 1476-1485. 30th June 1483 William Catesby (age 33) was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. King Richard III of England (age 30). Westminster Palace [Map] Grant for life to William Catesby, esquire, of the office of Baron of the Exchequer, receiving the accustomed fees at the Exchequer or the receipt of the Exchequer, with all rights, profits and commodities. By p.s.
In 1522 John Hales of Tenterden (age 52) was appointed third Baron of the Exchequer.
In 1564 John Birch (age 15) was appointed Baron of the Exchequer which post he held until 1572.
In 1564 John Birch was appointed Baron of the Exchequer.
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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 23rd October 1584 Edward Flowerdew was appointed Baron of the Exchequer.
On 30th May 1654 Richard Pepys (age 64) was appointed Baron of the Exchequer.
On 20th June 1673 Hugh Wyndham Baron of the Exchequer (age 71) was appointed Baron of the Exchequer.
In July 1443 Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 40) was appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer.
In 1471 William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 40) was appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer.
In 1525 Henry Guildford (age 36) was appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer.
On 3rd June 1532 Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 49) was appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer.
On 26th July 1538 Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 38) was appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer.
On 25th September 1560 George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 32) was appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer.
In 1605 William Killigrew (age 50) was appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer.
In 1609 Walter Cope (age 56) was appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer.
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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.
In 1613 Nicholas Carew (age 46) was appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer.
John Evelyn's Diary. 4th April 1701. The Duke of Norfolk (deceased) died of an apoplexy, and Mr. Thomas Howard of complicated disease since his being cut for the stone; he was one of the Tellers of the Exchequer. Mr. How (age 52) made a Baron.
In 1736 Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke (age 15) was appointed Teller of the Exchequer.