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Murder is in Death.
In 1210 Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber (age 55) starved to death at Corfe Castle, Dorset [Map].
In 1210 William de Braose was starved to death at Corfe Castle, Dorset [Map].
In 1213 Maud de Clare (age 29) starved to death.
In February 1332 Walter Liath de Burgh starved to death whilst imprisoned by his cousin William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl of Ulster (age 19). Walter's sister Gylle de Burgh planned William's assassination in revenge.
On 26th March 1402 David Stewart 1st Duke Rothesay (age 23) starved to death.
Before 2nd August 1218 Louis II Count Loon was fatally poisoned. His brother Henry (age 82) succeeded Count Loon.
On 2nd August 1218 Henry Count Loon (age 82) was fatally poisoned a few days after his brother had been. His brother Arnold succeeded III Count Loon.
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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.
In 1777 Catherine Bradford was fatally poisoned with arsenic by a servant according to the plaque at a Cheltenham church.
On 29th August 1780 Theodosius Boughton 7th Baronet (age 20) was was fatally poisoned by his brother-in-law Captain John Donnellan who was subsequently executed for the crime
William de de Clare was fatally poisoned by his steward whilst having breakfast with his brother Richard, who was also poisoned but survived, and Prince Edward.