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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Vere
Around 1162 [his father] Aubrey de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford (age 47) and [his mother] Agnes Essex Countess of Oxford (age 11) were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. The difference in their ages was 36 years.
After 1165 Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford was born to Aubrey de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford (age 50) and Agnes Essex Countess of Oxford (age 14).
On 26th December 1194 [his father] Aubrey de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford (age 79) died. His son [his brother] Aubrey (age 31) succeeded 2nd Earl of Oxford.
In 1207 Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford (age 41) and Isabel de Bolebec Countess of Oxford (age 33) were married. He the son of Aubrey de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford and Agnes Essex Countess of Oxford (age 56).
Around 1208 [his son] Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford was born to Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford (age 42) and [his wife] Isabel de Bolebec Countess of Oxford (age 34).
In 1212 [his mother] Agnes Essex Countess of Oxford (age 61) died.
In 1214 [his brother] Aubrey de Vere 2nd Earl of Oxford (age 51) died at Hatfield Regis aka Broad Oak Priory [Map]. His brother Robert (age 48) succeeded 3rd Earl of Oxford. [his wife] Isabel de Bolebec Countess of Oxford (age 40) by marriage Countess of Oxford.
On 15th June 1215 King John of England (age 48) met with his Baron's at Runnymede [Map] where he agreed to the terms of the Magna Carta which attempted to reduce the King's authority through political reform. Those who signed as surety included:
Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk (age 71)
his son Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk (age 33)
Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford (age 39)
Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford (age 62)
his son Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford (age 35)
William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 25)
William Mowbray 6th Baron Thirsk (age 42)
Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester (age 45)
Robert Ros (age 43), Richard Percy 5th Baron Percy Topcliffe (age 45)
Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford (age 50)
Eustace Vesci (age 46)
John Fitzrobert 3rd Baron Warkworth (age 25)
John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 23).
William D'Aubigny (age 64), Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex (age 24)
William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle
William Hardell
William Huntingfield
William Llanvallei
William Malet 1st Baron Curry Mallet
Roger Montbegon, Richard Montfichet
Geoffrey Saye (age 60) signed as surety the Magna Carta.
Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln (age 45) witnessed.
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On 25th October 1221 Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford (age 56) died at Hatfield Regis aka Broad Oak Priory [Map]. His son [his son] Hugh (age 13) succeeded 4th Earl of Oxford.
Effigy of Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford. ROBERT, son of [his father] Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford, succeeded his brother [his brother] Aubrey in the honours and possessions of his family in 1214. He was one of the principal Barons who took up arms against King John, for which he was excommunicated by Pope Innocent the Third. On the accession of Henry the Third (age 14) he was received into favour, and became a Judge in the King's Courts. He married [his former wife] Isabella (age 48), the sister and inheritrix of Hugh de Bolebec, by whom he had a son and heir, Hugh. He died in the fifth year of the reign of Henry the Third, and was buried in the chancel of the Priory Church of Hatfield Broad Oak, in Essex. At the dissolution, Weever says, his tomb was removed into the parish church, and thus transcribes his epitaph:
Sire Robert de Veere le premier, Count de Oxenford ie tierz, git ci; Dieu de l'alme si luy plest face merci. Qi pur l'ame priera xl jors de pardonn avera. Pater Nostera.
This figure lies cross-legged, and is represented in the act of drawing his sword. The loose fit of the hauberk about the right-arm and neck is admirably expressed, and the mails are sculptured with great accuracy. The thighs appear to be covered with a gamboised or quilted defence, which reaches to the knees, the caps of which are defended by octangular pieces of plate-armour. The shield is curiously diapered with fleurs-de-lys and roses. The ground of the held in ancient bearings is often enriched with fanciful ornaments which have no relation whatever to the coat itself. De Vere bore, quarterly Or and Gules, in the first quarter a mullet Argent. This monument, from the costume, appears to have been erected about fifty years after the Earls decease.
Details. Diaper work on the shield enlarged. Band on the hood enlarged.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 3rd February 1245 [his former wife] Isabel de Bolebec Countess of Oxford (age 71) died.
Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland
Anne Neville Queen Consort England
King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England
Queen Catherine Howard of England
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland
Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence
Great x 1 Grandfather: Aubrey I de Vere
GrandFather: Aubrey II de Vere
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Unknown
Father: Aubrey de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Normandy 1st Count of Eu
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Clare 2nd Count of Eu
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard de Clare
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Giffard
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Giffard 1st Earl Buckingham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Rohese Giffard
GrandMother: Adelize de Clare
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Claremont
Great x 1 Grandmother: Adeliza Claremont
Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert fitz Swein of Essex
GrandFather: Henry of Essex
Mother: Agnes Essex Countess of Oxford