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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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In 1529 William Paget 1st Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 23) was elected MP Lichfield.
In 1559 Henry Paget 2nd Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 20) was elected MP Lichfield.
In 1559 Henry Paget 2nd Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 20) was elected MP Lichfield.
In 1584 Richard Browne (age 45) was elected MP Lichfield.
In 1589 Richard Huddlestone (age 54) was elected MP Lichfield.
In 1614 during the Addled Parliament Charles Thynne (age 46) was elected MP Lymington. John "Black Sir John" Egerton (age 63) was elected MP Lichfield. Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven (age 21) was elected MP Dorset. Richard Edgecumbe (age 44) was elected MP Bodmin.
In 1678 Henry Lyttelton 2nd Baronet (age 54) was elected MP Lichfield.
In 1678 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet (age 24) stood for MP Lichfield but was defeated.
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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.
In 1679 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Lichfield.
In 1689 Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Lichfield which seat he held until he retired in 1698.
In 1695 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet (age 41) was elected MP Lichfield.
In 1702 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Lichfield despite his being in prison at the time for debts.
In 1705 Henry Gough (age 55) was elected MP Lichfield.
In 1715 Samuel Barbour aka Hill of Shenstone Park (age 24) was elected MP Lichfield.
In April 1718 William Sneyd (age 25) was elected MP Lichfield but was unseated on petition on 10th December and never sought election again.
In 1731 George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon (age 21) was elected MP Lichfield.
In November 1753 Thomas Gresley 5th Baronet (age 30) was elected MP Lichfield which seat he held for one month.
In 1795 Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville (age 21) was elected MP Lichfield.
In 1799 John Wrottesley 1st Baron Wrottesley (age 27) was elected MP Lichfield which seat he held until 1806.
In 1806 George Harcourt (age 20) was elected MP Lichfield which seat he held until 1831.
In 1846 Edward Lloyd aka Lloyd-Mostyn 2nd Baron Mostyn (age 50) was elected MP Lichfield which seat he held until 1847.
In 1854 Henry Cavendish 3rd Baron Waterpark (age 60) was elected MP Lichfield which seat he held until 1856.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1859 Captain Augustus Henry Archibald Anson VC (age 23) was elected MP Lichfield which seat he held until 1868.