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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.
MP Warwick is in Member Parliament.
In 1614 Greville Verney 15th Baron Latimer 7th Baron Willoughby (age 28) was elected MP Warwick.
In 1621 Greville Verney 15th Baron Latimer 7th Baron Willoughby (age 35) was elected MP Warwick.
In 1621 John Coke (age 57) was elected MP Warwick.
In 1659 Thomas Archer (age 39) was elected MP Warwick during the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1664 Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke (age 20) was elected MP Warwick.
In 1679 Henry Newton aka Puckering 3rd Baronet (age 60) was elected MP Warwick.
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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 1681 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 52) was elected MP Warwick.
In 1685 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 56) was elected MP Warwick.
In 1689 William Digby 5th Baron Digby (age 27) was elected MP Warwick.
In 1727 William Bromley (age 28) was elected MP Warwick unopposed. He was re-elected in 1734, but was unseated on petition
In 1735 Henry Archer (age 35) was elected MP Warwick.
In 1735 Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer (age 39) was elected MP Warwick.
In 1762 Paul Methuen (age 38) was elected MP Warwick which seat he held until 1768.
In 1768 George Greville 2nd Earl Warwick and Brooke (age 21) was elected MP Warwick.