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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 the year 1462, René of Anjou, King of Sicily, urged and begged the King of France, Louis XI, who was his nephew and the son of his sister, Marie of Anjou, wife of Charles VII. And so the children of the said King René—namely John, Duke of Calabria and Lorraine, and the said Margaret, Queen of England in exile were first cousins to King Louis XI. Through this connection, Louis gave assistance to the said Queen of England and to her young son Edward, Prince of Wales, who were at that time in France. He dispatched, under the command of Sir Pierre de Brézé, Seneschal of Normandy, an army of two thousand combatants, whom he sent to England against Edward, the usurper of the said realm. They departed from Normandy with the Queen and her son, and made their way toward Scotland, from there entering the kingdom of England, and at first made some conquests, while awaiting the Duke of Somerset, who had preceded them and gone into Scotland to raise troops so he could join them as he had promised.
En l'an mil quatre cens soixante deux, le roy de Sicille René d'aniou sollicica & pria le roy de France Loys vnzieme qui estoit son nepueu & filz de sa seur Marie d'aniou femme de Charles septieme. Et par tant les enfans dudict roy René, asçauoir Iehan duc de Calabre, & Lorraine, & ladicte Marguerite royne d'angleterre expulsée, estoient cousins germains audict roy Loys vnzieme. Qui par ce moyen donna secours à ladict royne d'Angleterre & à son petit filz Edouard prince de alles estant pour lors en France. Et depescha soubz la conducte de Messire Pierre de Brege Seneschal de Normadie une armée de deux mil combattas, qu'il enuoya en Angleterre contre Edouart vsurpateur dudict royaulme. Et partyrent de Normandie aucc ladicte royne & son filz & tirerent par deuers Escosse,entre rent au royaulme d'Angleterre & feirent du commencement aucuncs conquestes en attendant le duc de Sommerset qui les auoit precedé & allé en Escosse affin leuer gens pour venir se ioindre auec culx comme il auoit promis:
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But he failed to keep his promise, and did not come; on the contrary, he made an agreement with King Edward, their enemy. And so, the French, the said Queen, and her son were forced to return to France without accomplishing anything. As a result, soon after, King Henry VI, her husband, who was rather ineffective and had secretly taken refuge in certain fortresses near the Scottish border while awaiting French support, was captured and fell into the hands of Edward and the Earl of Warwick, who sent him to the Tower of London.
En quoy il faillit de promesse & ne vine point: Mais au contraire il accorda & feit son apoinctement auec le roy Edouuart leur ennemy. Et par tant furent les Françoys, ladicte royne & son filz, contrainctz retourncr en France sans rien faire, dont aduint tost apres que le roy Hénry sixieme son mary qui estoit asses inutile & s'estoit retiré secrerement en aucunes forteresses, es limites d'Escosse en attendant le secours de France, fut pris prisonnier & cheut a mains dudict Edouuart & du Comte de Vvarnich qui l'enuoyerent au chasteau de Londres.
They executed several great English lords who had supported his cause, all due to the betrayal of the Duke of Somerset, his cousin, who broke his oath. And thus Edward remained king of England, keeping Henry VI imprisoned, while the said Margaret and her son remained in France, awaiting better fortune.
Et feirent decapiter plusieurs grandz seigneur Angloys qui tenoyent son party et tout par le moyen du duc de Sommersset son cousin qui rompit sa foy. Parquoy ledict Edouuart demeura roy d'Angleterre tenant Henry sixieme en prison, & ladict Marguerite & son silz estans en France attendans meilleur fortune.
Soon after, around mid-July in the year 1470, King Louis XI summoned King René of Sicily to meet him in the city of Angers, and to bring there his daughter Margaret, Queen of England, together with her son, the young Edward, Prince of Wales, who had been expelled from England, as we have said. These mother and son, since their last return to France, which had been in the year 1463, had been residing most often in the Duchy of Bar, which was the true patrimony of King René, in a castle called Kœur, near the town of Saint-Mihiel, in our diocese of Verdun. They presented themselves at the king's command in Angers, together with the said King René. During that same time, on the last day of July, the Queen of France, being at the château of Amboise, gave birth to a beautiful son, named Charles, who would later become King of France. His godfathers were: Monsieur Charles de Bourbon, Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon, and Edward, Prince of Wales, son of the said Margaret of Anjou; his godmother was Lady Jeanne of France.
Tost apres enuiron le moy de luing en l'an mil quatre cens seprante, le roy Loys manda au roy René de Secille se trouucer en la cité d'Angers & faire venir illec sa fil le Marguerite Royne d' Angleterre, auec son filz le jeune Edouart prince de Galles expultez (comme auons dict) d'Angleterre, lesquelz mere & filz depuis leur dernier retour en France qui auoit esté en l'an mil quatre cens soixante troys, se tenoient & faisoient leur residence le plus sounent en la duche de Bar qui estoit du vray patrimoine du roy René, en vng chasteau appellé kucure pres la ville de Sainct Michel, en nostre diocese de Verdun, lessquelz se trouverent au mandement du roy audict lieu d'Angiers auec le dict roy René. Pendat lequel temps le dernier jour dudict moys de Iuiog, la royne de France estant au chastel d'Amboyse accoucha d'ung beau filz nom mé Charles qui depuis fut roy de France. Et furent ses parrains Mounsieurs Charles de Bourbon Cardinal & Archeuesque de Lyon, & Edouart prince de Galles filz de ladicte Marguerite d'Aniou: Et la marraine fut Dame Iohanne de France.
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