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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Seigneur is in France Nobility.
Gilbert Aigle Lord Aigle was appointed Lord Aigle.
Godfrey Flanders Lord Bouillon succeeded Lord Bouillon.
Godfrey Flanders Lord Bouillon and Beatrice Mandeville Lady Bouillon were married. She by marriage Lord Bouillon. He the son of Eustace II Count Boulogne and Ida of Lorraine Countess Boulogne.
In 1249 John Burgundy Count Charolais (age 18) by marriage Lord Bourbon. Agnes Dampierre Countess Artois and Charolais (age 12) by marriage Lord Bourbon.
In 1279 Robert Bourbon 1st Count Clermont (age 23) by marriage Lord Bourbon.
Archimbaud VI Bourbon Lord Bourbon was appointed Lord Bourbon.
In 1201 Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy (age 19) and Beatrix Vignory Lady Coucy were married. She by marriage Lord Coucy.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1204 Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy (age 22) and Matilda Welf Countess Perche (age 32) were married. She by marriage Lord Coucy. She the daughter of Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria and Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony. They were half fifth cousins. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1242 Raoul Coucy II Lord Coucy succeeded II Lord Coucy. Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu by marriage Lord Coucy.
In 1250 Enguerrand Coucy 4th Lord Coucy (age 14) succeeded IV Lord Coucy.
In 1288 Enguerrand Coucy 4th Lord Coucy (age 52) and Jeanne Dampierre Lady Coucy were married. She by marriage Lord Coucy. She the daughter of Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders (age 39) and Yolande Burgundy II Countess Nevers and Flanders. They were half first cousin four times removed.
Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy succeeded III Lord Coucy.
Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy and Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy were married. She by marriage Lord Coucy.
Enguerrand Coucy 4th Lord Coucy and Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Lord Coucy. She the daughter of Otto II Count Guelders and Margaretha Cleves Countess of Gulders. They were fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
Yves Belleme was appointed Seigneur Belleme.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Hugh Chatillon was appointed Seigneur Chatillon.
Around 1060 Joscelin Courtenay (age 26) and Hildegarde de Chateau Landon Anjou were married. She by marriage Seigneur Courtenay. She the daughter of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 42).
Joscelin Courtenay was created 1st Seigneur Courtenay.
Joscelin Courtenay and Elisabeth Montlhéry were married. She by marriage Seigneur Courtenay.
Raoul Fougères was appointed Seigneur Fougères.
Foucher Fréteval was appointed Seigneur Fréteval.
Simon Semur was appointed Seigneur Luzy.
Unknown Dreux was appointed Seigneur Perrefonds.
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.'
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Geoffroy de Rancon Taillebourg was appointed Seigneur Taillebourg.
In 1465 Giacomo or Jacques Savoy Count Romont (age 14) was appointed Jacques Seigneur Vaud.
Hugues Vergy was appointed Seigneur Vergy.