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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Count Toulouse is in Counts of France.
In 1037 Pons Rouerge Margrave Provence (age 46) succeeded Margrave Provence, Count Toulouse.
In 1061 Pons Rouerge Margrave Provence (age 70) died at Toulouse. He was buried at Basilica of Saint Sernin. His son William (age 21) succeeded Margrave Provence, IV Count Toulouse.
Before 1103 Raymond Rouerge IV Count Toulouse (age 61) and Elvira Alfónsez Jiménez Queen Consort Sicily (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Toulouse. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the illegitmate daughter of Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile (age 61) and Jimena Munoz. He the son of Pons Rouerge Margrave Provence and Almodis La Marche Margrave Provence.
On 28th February 1105 Raymond Rouerge IV Count Toulouse (age 64) died. His son Bertrand succeeded I Count Toulouse.
In 1112 Bertrand Count of Toulouse died. His brother Alphonse (age 9) succeeded I Count Toulouse.
In 1148 Alphonse Rouerge I Count Toulouse (age 45) died. His son Raymond (age 14) succeeded V Count Toulouse.
Around 1194 Raymond Rouerge V Count Toulouse (age 60) died. His son Raymond (age 37) succeeded VI Count Toulouse.
In October 1196 Raymond Count of Toulouse (age 39) and Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily (age 31) were married at Rouen, France [Map]. She by marriage Countess Toulouse. She the daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 74). He the son of Raymond Rouerge V Count Toulouse and Constance Capet Countess Boulogne and Toulouse. They were third cousin once removed.
On 2nd August 1222 Raymond Count of Toulouse (age 65) died. His son Raymond (age 25) succeeded VII Count Toulouse. Sancha Barcelona Countess Toulouse by marriage Countess Toulouse.
In 1243 Raymond Rouerge VII Count Toulouse (age 45) and Margaret Lusignan Countess Toulouse (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Toulouse. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 60) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 55). He the son of Raymond Count of Toulouse and Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily. They were second cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 27th September 1249 Alphonse Count Poitiers II Count Toulouse (age 28) by marriage II Count Toulouse.
Raymond Rouerge V Count Toulouse and Constance Capet Countess Boulogne and Toulouse were married. She by marriage Countess Toulouse. She the daughter of Louis VI King of the Franks and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France. He the son of Alphonse Rouerge I Count Toulouse.
Raymond Rouerge IV Count Toulouse was appointed IV Count Toulouse.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Joan Rouerge Marquess Provence was appointed VII Count Toulouse.