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.
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Greystoke, Cumberland is in Cumberland.
Around 1048 Forne Fitzlyulph was born at Greystoke, Cumberland.
In 1080 Edith Forne was born to Forne Fitzlyulph [aged 32] at Greystoke, Cumberland.
In 1129 Forne Fitzlyulph [aged 81] died at Greystoke, Cumberland.
On 11th January 1374 Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville [aged 70] died at Greystoke, Cumberland. She was buried at Durham Cathedral [Map].
Around 1408 Joane Greystoke Baroness Darcy Knayth was born to John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke [aged 19] and Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke [aged 15] at Greystoke, Cumberland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married her fifth cousin John Darcy, son of John Darcy 5th Baron Darcy of Knayth and Margaret Grey Baroness Darcy Knayth, and had issue.
In 1413 Catherine Clifford Baroness Greystoke [aged 44] died at Greystoke, Cumberland.
On 7th October 1640 William Howard [aged 76] died at Naworth Castle [Map]. He was buried at Greystoke, Cumberland.
On 28th October 1407 John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke [aged 18] and Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke [aged 14] were married at Greystoke Castle, Cumberland. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke. She the daughter of Robert Ferrers and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 28]. They were fifth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
St Andrew's Church, Greystoke is also in Churches in Cumberland.
Weepers. St Andrew's Church, Greystoke [Map].
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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After 10th July 1359. Monument to William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke [deceased] in St Andrew's Church, Greystoke [Map]. Camail and Jupon Period. On his head he wears the bascinet with a camail. The jupon under which his coat of chain mail may be seen. His sword belt is low on his jupon, horizontal.
After 10th July 1359 William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke [deceased] was buried at St Andrew's Church, Greystoke [Map]. The service was conducted by Bishop Gilbert Welton and attended by Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford [aged 26], Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham [aged 46] and Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave [aged 57].
In 1436 John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke [aged 47] died. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Greystoke [Map]. His son Ralph [aged 22] succeeded 5th Baron Greystoke. Monument in St Andrew's Church, Greystoke [Map]. Fluted Period. His Pauldrons are unusual in their style. His arms are fully encased in plate with a couter (or coude) protecting the elbow joint. Fine detail of the straps that held the armour in place may be seen on the underarms. A gorget, has replaced the camail. His head is, very unusually, bare as is his face, his hair cut in the style so typical of portraits of Henry V. The effigy was possibly made somewhat after John's death or, possibly, that the effigy has been incorrectly assigned. His head rests on the decorated tournament helm. He wears the Lancastrian Esses Collar. John had supported the usurpation of Richard II by Henry IV in the 1390s; staunch Lancastrians. John had married, in 1407, Elizabeth Ferrers, daughter of Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III. Two sword belts: diagonal (bawdric) and horizontal. The jupon, beneath the waist has been replaced by a fauld; horizontal strips of metal that wrap around.
John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke: In 1389 he was born to Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke and Catherine Clifford Baroness Greystoke. On 28th October 1407 John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke and Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke were married at Greystoke Castle, Cumberland. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke. She the daughter of Robert Ferrers and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. They were fifth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. On 6th April 1418 Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke died. He was buried at Newminster Abbey, Northumberland [Map]. His son John succeeded 4th Baron Greystoke.