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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.
Calendar of Papal Letters is in Calendars.
15th May 1344. 169. Ides of May. Villeneuve by Avignon. (f. 251.)
To the bishop of St. Asaph. Mandate to absolve John de Warenna (age 57), earl of Surrey and Strathearn, lord of Bromfield and Yal, from the excommunication which he has incurred by intermarrying with Joan (age 48), daughter of Henry (age 85), count of Barre, whose [Joan's] mother's [Eleanor Plantagenet] sister Mary he had carnally known. A penance is to be enjoined, and as to the marriage, canonical action is to be taken.
5th June 1344. 173. 2 Non. June. Avignon. (f. 126d).
Declaration of the validity of the dispensation in regard to the fourth degree of kindred granted to John, earl of Warenne (age 57), and Joan de Barre (age 48) by Clement V. thirty-three years ago, and of all like dispensations; seeing that the said earl, pretending that the said dispensation was invalid, because his wife was related in the third degree to the common stock and he in the fourth, has put away his wife, and contrary opinions have been given by divers doctors touching the same matter.
17th July 1344. 189. 16 Kal. Aug. Avignon. (f. 279d.)
To the archbishop of Canterbury and his official. Inhibition touching the case of John, earl of Warrenne (age 58), and Joan de Barre (age 48), his wife, in regard to which Joan has been molested in the archbishop's court, contrary to the pope's declaration in the matter.
1st August 1344. 522. 2 Kal. Aug. Villeneuve by Avignon. (f. 215d.)
Confirmation, with expemplification, at the request of Richard de Baskervile, knight, and Isabella his wife, of the diocese of Hereford, of the letters issued by Clement VI. 2 Non. June, anno 3, ruling, in the case of John, earl of Warenne (age 58), and Joan de Barro (age 48), that dispensation for the marriage of persons related in the fourth degree of kindred shall hold good if they are related in the fourth and third degrees.
13th September 1344. Ides of Sept. Avignon. (f. 453.). 595.
Decree, at the request of Robert de Bures, Knight, of the diocese of Norwich, giving force to the copy of decree of Clement VI. dated 2 Non. June, anno 3, touching the dispensation granted by Clement V. to John, earl of Warenne (age 58), and Joan de Barro (age 48), they having been married for thirty-three years, a question having arisen as to their being related in the third and fourth degrees of kindred, whereby John repudiated his wife.