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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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MP St Germans is in Member Parliament.

In 1584 George Carew was elected MP St Germans.

In 1593 John Glanville (age 51) was elected MP St Germans.

In 1597 George Carew was elected MP St Germans.

In 1601 George Carew was elected MP St Germans.

In 1623 John Stradling 1st Baronet (age 60) was elected MP St Germans which seat he held until 1624.

In 1624 John Coke (age 60) was elected MP St Germans.

In 1625 John Coke (age 61) was elected MP St Germans.

On 4th December 1705 Edward Eliot (age 21) was elected MP St Germans at a by-election to replace Samuel Rolle who had chosen to sit for Callington. He retained the seat in 1708, 1710 and 1713.

In 1776 John Peachey 2nd Baron Selsey (age 26) was elected MP St Germans which seat he held until 1780.

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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 1791 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 23) was elected MP St Germans.