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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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After May 1131 William Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp (age 26) was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
In 1200 William Cantilupe Baron (age 41) was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
In 1207 William Cantilupe Baron (age 48) was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
In 1584 John Lyttelton of Frankley (age 64) was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
In 1654 Henry Lyttelton 2nd Baronet (age 30) was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
In 1671 Robert Foley (age 46) was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
In 1704 Samuel Pytts (age 30) was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
In 1713 Samuel Pytts (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
In 1806 Thomas Winnington 3rd Baronet (age 26) was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
In 1825 Thomas Phillipps 1st Baronet (age 32) was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
In 1851 Thomas Winnington 4th Baronet (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
Walter Beauchamp was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.