Baker Richard Sir

Baker, Richard, Sir, born about 1568, was knighted in 1603. He appears to have led the life of a country gentleman, and was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire. About 1640 he was imprisoned for debts incurred by his wife's family, and wrote in the Fleet his Chronicle of the Kings of England, a book which, though full of errors, enjoyed great popularity, and is often referred to by Sir Roger de Coverley in Addison's famous sketch. Baker died in the Fleet in 1645.