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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.
Gentlemen of the Bedchamber is in Gentlemen.
Before 1599 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 23) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber.
In 1603 James Hay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 23) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King James IV of Scotland.
After January 1649 Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester (age 36) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 18).
In 1652 William Crofts 1st Baron Crofts (age 41) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to the exiled King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 21).
In 1679 James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon (age 20) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 48).
In 1689 Richard, Baron Lumley (age 39) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber.
In 1689 Emanual Scrope Howe (age 26) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber.
In 1695 Arnold Keppel 1st Earl Albermarle (age 24) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber and Master of the Robes.
In 1718 Edward Rich 7th Earl Warwick 4th Earl Holland (age 19) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to George, Prince of Wales (age 34).
All About History Books
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 1719 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 32) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King George I (age 58).
On 19th May 1719 Edward Rich 7th Earl Warwick 4th Earl Holland (age 21) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King George I (age 58).
In 1760 William Douglas 4th Duke Queensberry (age 35) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 21).
In 1782 George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth (age 26) was appointed Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales (age 19).
In 1830 William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh (age 33) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 67).
Christopher Villiers 1st Earl Anglesey was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
Charles Beauclerk 2nd Duke St Albans was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber.