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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.
Viscount St Gyres of Newton St Gyres in Devon is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically, Viscountcies of England Chronologically, Extant Viscountcies of England.
1st: Stafford Henry Northcote 1st Earl Iddesleigh. Died 1887. Son
2nd: Walter Stafford Northcote 2nd Earl Iddesleigh. Died 1927. Nephew.
3rd: Henry Stafford Northcote 3rd Earl Iddesleigh. Died 1970. Son
4th: Stafford Henry Northcote 4th Earl of Iddesleigh. Died 2004. Son
5th: John Stafford Northcote 5th Earl of Iddesleigh. Extant.
The London Gazette 25486. Whitehall, July 2, 1885. The Queen (age 66) has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of a Viscount and an Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Sir Stafford Henry Northcote (age 66), Bart, G.C.B., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Viscount Saint Gyres, of Newton Saint Gyres, in the county of Devon, and Earl of Iddesleigh, in the said county.
On 12th January 1887 Stafford Henry Northcote 1st Earl Iddesleigh (age 68) died at 10 Downing Street, Westminster [Map]. His son Walter (age 41) succeeded 2nd Earl of Iddesleigh in Devon, 2nd Viscount St Gyres of Newton St Gyres in Devon, 9th Baronet Northcote of Hayne in Devon
On 26th May 1927 Walter Stafford Northcote 2nd Earl Iddesleigh (age 81) died. His nephew Henry (age 26) succeeded 3rd Earl of Iddesleigh in Devon, 3rd Viscount St Gyres of Newton St Gyres in Devon, 10th Baronet Northcote of Hayne in Devon.
In 1970 Henry Stafford Northcote 3rd Earl Iddesleigh (age 69) died. His son Stafford (age 37) succeeded 4th Earl of Iddesleigh in Devon, 4th Viscount St Gyres of Newton St Gyres in Devon, 11th Baronet Northcote of Hayne in Devon
On 8th July 2004 Stafford Henry Northcote 4th Earl of Iddesleigh (age 71) died. His son John (age 47) succeeded 5th Earl of Iddesleigh in Devon, 5th Viscount St Gyres of Newton St Gyres in Devon, 12th Baronet Northcote of Hayne in Devon