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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.
Clifford Castle, Herefordshire is in Hay on Wye, Herefordshire [Map], Castles in Herefordshire.
In 1113 Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford was born to Richard Fitzpons (age 33) and Matilda Gloucester at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
In 1134 Henry Clifford was born to Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 21) and Margaret Isobel Tosny Baroness Clifford at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
In 1136 Rosamund Clifford was born to Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 23) and Margaret Isobel Tosny Baroness Clifford at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
In 1137 Amicia Clifford was born to Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 24) and Margaret Isobel Tosny Baroness Clifford at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
Around 1149 Lucia Clifford Baroness Burford was born to Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 36) and Margaret Isobel Tosny Baroness Clifford at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
Around 1151 Richard Clifford was born to Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 38) and Margaret Isobel Tosny Baroness Clifford at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. The date somewhat suspect since his apparently younger brother Walter succeeded their father in 1190?.
Around 1160 Walter Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford was born to Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 47) and Margaret Isobel Tosny Baroness Clifford at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. The date somewhat suspect since his apparently younger brother Walter succeeded their father in 1190?.
Around 1189 Roger Clifford was born to Walter Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford (age 29) and Agnes Cundy Baroness Clifford at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
Around 1220 Lucia Clifford was born to Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford and Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford (age 18) at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. She a great granddaughter of King John of England.
In December 1263 Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford died at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. Baron Clifford Feudal either extinct or abeyant between his two daughters Lucia Clifford (age 43) and Maud Clifford (age 29) and their issue. His brother Roger Clifford was the great x 2 grandfather of Roger Clifford who was created 1st Baron de Clifford in 1299.
On 1st April 1274 Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford was born to Roger Clifford (age 31) and Isabella Vipont (age 20) at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
On 3rd November 1295 Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 21) and Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles (age 19) were married at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
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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 10th July 1333 Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford was born to Robert Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford (age 27) and Isabel Berkeley Baroness Clifford Baroness Musgrave (age 26) at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
In 1366 James Clifford was born to Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford (age 32) and Maud Beauchamp Baroness Clifford (age 31) at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford was born to Walter Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford and Agnes Cundy Baroness Clifford at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
The River Wye rises on Plynlimon [Map] after which it travels through, under, or near, Rhayader [Map], Newbridge-on-Wye [Map], Builth Wells [Map], Llanstephan Suspension Bridge [Map], Glasbury-on-Wye [Map], Hay-on-Wye [Map], Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map], Bredwardine, Byford, Herefordshire [Map], Wye Bridge Hereford [Map], Holme Lacy, Herefordshire [Map], Capler Camp, Herefordshire [Map], through Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire [Map], past Goodrich Castle, Gloucestershire [Map], Monmouth, Monmouthshire [Map], Tintern Abbey [Map] and Chepstow Castle [Map] joining the Severn Estuary 800m south-east of Thornwell, Monmouthshire [Map].