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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 1110 Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford was born to Aubrey II de Vere (age 30).
Before 1139 Geoffrey Mandeville 1st Earl Essex and Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford (age 28) were married.
In 1139 [her husband] Geoffrey Mandeville 1st Earl Essex was created 1st Earl Essex. Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford (age 29) by marriage Countess Essex.
In May 1141 [her father] Aubrey II de Vere (age 61) died.
In August 1144 [her husband] Geoffrey Mandeville 1st Earl Essex was killed at Barnwell Castle [Map]. His son [her son] Geoffrey succeeded 2nd Earl Essex. He had requested burial at his foundation Walden Priory [Map] but was denied since he was excomunicate. His remains were taken for burial at Temple Church, London [Map]
Around 1145 [her son] Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex and [her daughter-in-law] Eustachia de Chapamgne Countess Essex (age 35) were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He the son of [her former husband] Geoffrey Mandeville 1st Earl Essex and Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford (age 35).
In 1153 Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Hertford (age 38) died. He was buried at Clare Priory, Suffolk [Map]. His brother Roger (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Hertford. Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford (age 43) by marriage Countess Hertford.
Before 1156 Payne Beauchamp (age 75) and Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford (age 45) were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.
Around 1156 [her husband] Payne Beauchamp (age 76) died.
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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.
Around 1166 [her son] Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex died. Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His brother [her son] William succeeded 3rd Earl Essex.
In 1170 Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford (age 60) died.
[her son] William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale was born to Geoffrey Mandeville 1st Earl Essex and Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford.
[her son] Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex was born to Geoffrey Mandeville 1st Earl Essex and Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford.
[her father] Aubrey II de Vere and Adelize de Clare were married.
[her daughter] Alice Mandeville Baroness Halton was born to Geoffrey Mandeville 1st Earl Essex and Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford.