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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 Castle Stewart in Tyrone is in Viscount Ireland.
In 1793 Andrew Thomas Stewart 1st Earl Castle Stewart (age 67) was created 1st Viscount Castle Stewart in Tyrone. Sometimes written as Castlestewart.
The London Gazette 13609. From Tuesday 31st December 1793 to Saturday 4th January 1794.
To the Right Honorable Arthur Viscount Valentia (age 49), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfuily begotten, the Dignity of Earl Mountnorris, of Mountnorris Castle, in the County of Armagh.
To the Right Honorable Andrew Thomas Lord Castlestewart (age 68), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, the Dignity of Viscount Castiestewart, in the County of Tyrone.
On 26th August 1809 Andrew Thomas Stewart 1st Earl Castle Stewart (age 83) died. His son Robert (age 25) succeeded 2nd Earl Castle Stewart in Tyrone, 2nd Viscount Castle Stewart in Tyrone, 10th Baron Castle Stuart of County Tyrone.