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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 Pevensey is in Viscount Ireland.
In 1730 Spencer Compton 1st Earl Wilmington (age 57) was created 1st Earl Wilmington, 1st Viscount Pevensey.
On 2nd July 1743 Spencer Compton 1st Earl Wilmington (age 70) died. Earl Wilmington, Viscount Pevensey and Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex extinct.
In 1816 John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 80) was created 1st Earl Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath and 1st Viscount Pevensey.
On 30th May 1821 John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 85) died. He was buried at Sheffield Family Mausoleum Church of St Mary and St Andrew, Fletching. His son George (age 19) succeeded 2nd Earl Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath, 2nd Viscount Pevensey, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Roscommon in Roscommon, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Sheffield in Yorkshire.
On 5th April 1876 George Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd 2nd Earl Sheffield (age 74) died. On 5th April 1876 His son Henry (age 44) succeeded 3rd Earl Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath, 3rd Viscount Pevensey, 3rd Baron Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath, 3rd Baron Sheffield of Roscommon in Roscommon, 3rd Baron Sheffield of Sheffield in Yorkshire.
On 21st April 1909 Henry Holroyd 3rd Earl Sheffield (age 77) died unmarried. Earl Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath, Viscount Pevensey, Baron Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath and Baron Sheffield of Sheffield in Yorkshire extinct. His half first cousin once removed Edward (age 69) succeeded 4th Baron Sheffield of Roscommon in Roscommon.