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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.

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High Sheriff of Warwickshire is in High Sheriff.

In 1157 William Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp (age 52) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire and High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.

In 1193 Gilbert Segrave was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In 1209 William Cantilupe Baron (age 50) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire and High Sheriff of Leicestershire after which his main residence was Kenilworth Castle [Map].

In 1228 Stephen Segrave (age 57) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire, High Sheriff of Leicestershire and High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.

In 1455 William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 24) was appointed High Sheriff of Leicestershire and High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In April 1471 Simon Montfort was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire and High Sheriff of Leicestershire.

In 1549 Richard Manners (age 40) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In 1571 Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 26) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In 1572 Richard Verney 14th Baron Latimer 6th Baron Willoughby (age 9) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In 1572 Richard Verney 14th Baron Latimer 6th Baron Willoughby (age 9) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In 1593 Edward Devereux 1st Baronet (age 49) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In 1618 Francis Leigh (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In 1623 Thomas Puckering 1st Baronet (age 31) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In 1626 Simon Archer (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In 1636 Thomas Leigh 1st Baron Leigh (age 41) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In 1683 Richard Verney 19th Baron Latimer 11th Baron Willoughby (age 61) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In 1771 William Wheeler 6th Baronet (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

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 1879 Charles Mordaunt 10th Baronet (age 42) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In 1910 Algernon Percy (age 58) was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.