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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.

Biography of Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale 1165-1227

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Around 1165 Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale was born to Alberic Dammartin and Mathilde Clermont.

Before 1190 Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale (age 24) and Marie Chatillon were married.

In 1190 Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale (age 25) by marriage I Count Boulogne.

In 1190 Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale (age 25) and Ida Metz Countess Boulogne (age 30) were married. She the daughter of Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne.

In 1200 Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale (age 35) was appointed I Count Dammartin.

In 1200 [his mother] Mathilde Clermont died.

In 1200 [his father] Alberic Dammartin died.

In 1202 [his daughter] Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal was born to Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale (age 37) and [his wife] Ida Metz Countess Boulogne (age 42). She a great granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1204 Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale (age 39) was appointed I Count Aumale.

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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.

In 1216 [his wife] Ida Metz Countess Boulogne (age 56) died.

In 1227 Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale (age 62) committed suicide.

[his father] Alberic Dammartin and [his mother] Mathilde Clermont were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Renaud II Count Clermont and [his grandmother] Adelaide I Countess Vermandois.