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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.
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Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu was created Count La Marche.
Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu and Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche were married. She by marriage Countess La Marche. He the son of Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon and Mary Hainault Duchess Bourbon. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1319 Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu was born to Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon (age 40) and Mary Hainault Duchess Bourbon (age 39).
In 1340 [his daughter] Isabelle Bourbon was born to Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu (age 21) and Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche (age 20).
On 22nd January 1341 [his father] Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon (age 62) died. His son [his brother] Peter (age 30) succeeded Duke Bourbon.
In 1342 [his son] Pierre Bourbon was born to Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu (age 23) and Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche (age 22).
In 1344 [his son] Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche was born to Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu (age 25) and Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche (age 24).
In 1346 [his son] Jacques Bourbon was born to Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu (age 27) and Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche (age 26).
In 1354 [his mother] Mary Hainault Duchess Bourbon (age 74) died.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 18th [Apr 1358], also in London, the Countess of Pembroke (age 41), the Earl of Ponthieu (age 39) (another of the captives of Poitiers), and the Maréchal D'Audenham came to dinner— "et plures comites et barones post prandium.1".
Note 1. "and several counts and barons after dinner"
On 6th April 1362 at the Battle of Brignais ...
Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu (age 43) was killed. His son [his son] Jean (age 18) succeeded I Count La Marche. His son [his son] Pierre Bourbon (age 20) was killed.
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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.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke [-1360]. On Thursday, they came to the large and beautiful town of Montgiscard, part of the inheritance of Lord Almeric de la Fossade,1 which had been seized from him by the King of France, because he had been loyal to the King of England. Near the said town there were twelve windmills, which were all consumed by flames. There, two spies were captured, that is, scouts, who reported that the Count of Armagnac was in Toulouse, and the Constable of France2 at Montauban, four leagues from Toulouse, having become suspicious of the army's approach, thinking it might be aimed at the siege of Toulouse. On Friday, they followed the main royal road toward Avignon, passing through the fine towns of Basige and Villefranche. The whole army lodged at a large town called Avionet, which belonged to the King of France: the middle division and the third camped in one suburb, peacefully; the vanguard in another part of the suburb; and the Gascons and Béarnais were quartered within the town itself, whose inhabitants had all fled. There, twenty windmills were burned to ash.
Die Tovis adierunt villam magnam et pulcram de Mont Giscard, partem hereditatis domini Almerici de la Fossade, quam sibi abstulit coronatus Francorum, quia fuit fidelis regi Anglie. Iuxta predictam villam fuerunt xij. molendine ventose, que pariter flammis depascebantur. Ibi capiebantur duo spies, scilicet exploratores, qui dixerunt comitem Arminiacensem fuisse Tolose, et constabularium Francie apud Montmaban, quatuor leucas distantem a Tolosa, suspicatos adventum exercitus ad obsidionem Tolose Die veneris transierunt rectum iter regium versus Avinionam per bonam villam de Basige et Ville franke; et totus exercitus fuit ospitatus ad magnam villam vocatam Avionet, que erat coronati Francorum, media custodia et tercia in suburbio bene quietatis, et prima in altera parte suburbii, Vasconibus et Bernensibus infra villam ospitatis, cuius omnes incole fugam inierunt. Ibi fuerunt incinerate XX ventose molendine.
Note 1. Called by Chandos Herald, The Black Prince, l. 695, Ameniou de Faussard. He fought at Poitiers.
Note 2. Jacques de Bourbon, comte de la Marche et de Ponthieu; taken prisoner at the battle of Poitiers; died 1362.
[his father] Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon and [his mother] Mary Hainault Duchess Bourbon were married. She by marriage Duchess Bourbon. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland and [his grandmother] Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland. He the son of [his grandfather] Robert Bourbon 1st Count Clermont and [his grandmother] Beatrice Burgundy. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 4 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adèle Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile
Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
GrandFather: Robert Bourbon 1st Count Clermont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 4 Grandfather: William I-Count Geneva
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
Father: Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh III Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Odo III Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Metz Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugues Vergy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Vergy Duchess Burgundy
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Burgundy Count Charolais 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet III Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas St Valery
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aénor de Saint-Valéry
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adele Ponthieu
GrandMother: Beatrice Burgundy 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archambaud "Great" Dampierre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Bouron
Great x 2 Grandfather: Archambaud "Young" Dampierre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alix Forez
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Dampierre Countess Artois and Charolais
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter III Chatillon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Chatillon
Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Avesnes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bouchard Avesnes
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bouchard Guise
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Guise
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Hainault I Count Hainault 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne
GrandFather: John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing III Count Holland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gerulfing I Count Holland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Dunkeld Countess Holland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing IV Count Holland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Guelders Countess Holland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Richardis Wittelsbach Countess Guelders
Great x 1 Grandmother: Adelaide Gerulfing Countess Hainault 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Metz Count Boulogne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne Daughter of King Stephen I England
Mother: Mary Hainault Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur
Great x 2 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Arnstein Countess Guelders
GrandMother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renauld of Bar II Count of Bar
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Erminsende of Bar Sur Seine Countess Bar
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders