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Culture, England, Crown, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire is in High Sheriff.

In 1319 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

On 19th November 1341 Nicholas Longford (age 56) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1393 Thomas Rempston was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

On 11th November 1394 Nicholas III Longford (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1479 John Babington (age 56) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1575 Henry Pierrepont (age 29) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1595 Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 32) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1595 Richard Whalley of Kirton (age 29) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

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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 1608 Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 23) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1610 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 22) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1611 John Isham 1st Baronet (age 28) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In November 1638 George Chaworth 1st Viscount Chaworth (age 84) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1695 Thomas Willoughby 1st Baron Middleton (age 22) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1703 Borlase Warren (age 26) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1706 George Savile 7th Baronet (age 27) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1727 Gervase Clifton 6th Baronet was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1797 Richard Lumley-Saunderson 6th Earl Scarborough (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1820 Robert Clifton 7th Baronet (age 53) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

In 1820 Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton 8th Baronet (age 51) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

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 1930 Edward Thomas Le Marchant 4th Baronet (age 58) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.