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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.
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In 1374 Rhys ap Tudor was appointed High Sheriff of Anglesey.
In 1381 Rhys ap Tudor was appointed High Sheriff of Anglesey.
In 1587 John Griffith was appointed High Sheriff of Anglesey.
In 1593 John Griffith was appointed High Sheriff of Anglesey.
In 1597 William Glynne (age 31) was appointed High Sheriff of Anglesey.
In 1618 William Glynne (age 52) was appointed High Sheriff of Anglesey.
In 1783 Thomas Assheton-Smith of Ashley in Cheshire (age 31) was appointed High Sheriff of Anglesey.
In 1847 Spencer Bulkeley Wynn 3rd Baron Newborough (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Anglesey.
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In 1741 Jeffrey Jeffreys was appointed High Sheriff of Breconshire.
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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 1821 Charles Morgan 1st Baron Tredegar (age 28) was appointed High Sheriff of Breconshire.
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In 1582 John Griffith was appointed High Sheriff of Caernarfonshire.
In 1622 William Glynne was appointed High Sheriff of Caernarfonshire.
In 1644 John Owen (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Caernarfonshire.
In 1646 William Glynne was appointed High Sheriff of Caernarfonshire.
In 1650 Griffith Williams 1st Baronet was appointed High Sheriff of Caernarfonshire.
In 1712 Thomas Wynn 1st Baronet (age 35) was appointed High Sheriff of Caernarfonshire.
In 1774 Thomas Assheton-Smith of Ashley in Cheshire (age 22) was appointed High Sheriff of Caernarfonshire.
In 1840 Edward Lloyd aka Lloyd-Mostyn 2nd Baron Mostyn (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Caernarfonshire.
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In 1619 Edward Vaughan was appointed High Sheriff of Cardiganshire.
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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 1594 Francis Mansel 1st Baronet (age 36) was appointed High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire.
In 1610 Francis Mansel 1st Baronet (age 52) was appointed High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire.
In 1611 Edward Mansel 4th Baronet was appointed High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire.
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In 1622 Edward Trevor (age 42) was appointed High Sheriff of Denbighshire.
In 1682 Johsua Edisbury was appointed High Sheriff of Denbighshire.
In 1688 Richard Myddelton 3rd Baronet (age 32) was appointed High Sheriff of Denbighshire at which time he lost his positions as Recorder and Custos Rotulorum.
In 1890 Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams-Wynn 7th Baronet (age 29) was appointed High Sheriff of Denbighshire.
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In 1582 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 69) was appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire.
In 1595 Thomas Ravenscroft was appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire.
In 1607 Thomas Ravenscroft was appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire.
In 1637 Thomas Whitley of Aston in Flintshire was appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire.
In 1673 William Glynne 1st Baronet (age 34) was appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire.
In 1832 John Hamner 1st Baron Hamner (age 22) was appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire.
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In 1608 John Stradling 1st Baronet (age 45) was appointed High Sheriff of Glamorganshire.
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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 1620 John Stradling 1st Baronet (age 57) was appointed High Sheriff of Glamorganshire.
In 1630 Anthony Mansel of Ischoed was appointed High Sheriff of Glamorganshire.
In 1803 John Morris 1st Baronet (age 57) was appointed High Sheriff of Glamorganshire.
In 1900 Ivor Churchill Guest 1st Viscount Wimborne (age 26) was appointed High Sheriff of Glamorganshire.
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In 1839 Edward Lloyd aka Lloyd-Mostyn 2nd Baron Mostyn (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Merionethshire.
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In 1612 William Morgan (age 52) was appointed High Sheriff of Monmouthshire.
In 1689 Thomas Morgan (age 24) was appointed High Sheriff of Monmouthshire.
In 1821 Charles Morgan 1st Baron Tredegar (age 28) was appointed High Sheriff of Monmouthshire.
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In 1613 William Herbert 1st Baron Powis (age 40) was appointed High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire.
In 1704 William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire.
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In 1619 Henry Lort of Stackpole Court in Pembrokeshire (age 28) was appointed High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire.