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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.
High Sheriff of Rutlandshire is in High Sheriff.
In 1217 Alan Basset (age 62) was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
In 1316 Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 25) was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
In 1316 Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 25) was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
In 1327 Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 36) was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
In 1349 William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
In 1468 Geffrey Sherard of Stapleford was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
In 1480 Geffrey Sherard of Stapleford was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
In 1484 Geffrey Sherard of Stapleford was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
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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.
Around 1495 Thomas Sherard was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
Around 1506 Thomas Sherard was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
In 1539 Richard Cecil (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
Before 1549 Thomas Brudenell was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
Around 1567 George Sherard was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
In 1682 Richard Verney 19th Baron Latimer 11th Baron Willoughby (age 60) was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.
In 1795 Gilbert Heathcote 4th Baronet (age 21) was appointed High Sheriff of Rutlandshire.