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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.
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In 1253 [her father] Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 9) and Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Hugh XI of Lusignan VI Count of La Marche II Count Angoulême and Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 34). He the son of [her grandfather] Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 30) and [her grandmother] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 29). They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 2nd May 1290 [her father] Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 46) and [her mother] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 18) were married at Clerkenwell [Map]. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King Edward I of England (age 50) and [her grandmother] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 49). He the son of [her grandfather] Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford and [her grandmother] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 3rd October 1292 Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer was born to Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 49) and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 20) at Caerphilly Castle [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 7th December 1295 [her father] Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 52) died at Monmouth Castle [Map]. He buried at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. His son [her brother] Gilbert (age 4) succeeded 8th Earl Gloucester, 7th Earl Hertford, 8th Lord Clare, 4th Lord Glamorgan.
In January 1297 [her step-father] Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (age 27) and [her mother] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 24) were married in secret greatly offending her father [her grandfather] King Edward I of England (age 57) who had been planning to marry her to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy (age 47) in March. Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford was imprisoned at Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire [Map]; he was released in August 1297. She the daughter of King Edward I of England and [her grandmother] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England.
After 14th July 1306 Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 20) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 13) were married. She the daughter of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 34). He the son of Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 45) and Isabella Beauchamp. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 23rd April 1307 [her mother] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 35) died at Clare, Suffolk [Map].
In 1308 [her son] Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 22) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 15). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
In 1309 [her son] Gilbert Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 23) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 16). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
In 1310 [her son] Edward Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 24) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 17). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
In 1311 [her son] John Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 25) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 18). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
In 1312 [her daughter] Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 26) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 19). She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1315 [her daughter] Eleanor Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 29) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 22). She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1317 [her daughter] Joan Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 31) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 24). She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
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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.
Before 15th September 1317 [her future husband] William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 52) and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick (age 33) were married. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
After 15th September 1317 William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 52) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 24) were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford.
Around 1319 [her daughter] Margaret Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 33) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 26) at Stoke, Gloucestershire. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 9th February 1321 [her son-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 15) and [her daughter] Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel (age 9) were married at Havering atte Bower, Essex [Map]. She by marriage Countess Arundel. He the son of Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel (age 35) and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1323 [her husband] William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 58) was created 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer. Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 30) by marriage Baroness Zouche Mortimer.
In 1324 Eleanor of Woodstock Plantagenet (age 5) was placed into the care of her cousin Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 31). She was subsequently placed into the care of [her step-father] Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (age 54) (he had formerly been married to her aunt [her mother] Joan of Acre and [her sister-in-law] Isabel Despencer Baroness Hastings and Bergavenny with her younger sister Joan of the Tower (age 2) at Pleshey Castle [Map].
In 1325 [her daughter] Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Berkeley was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 39) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 32). She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 24th November 1326 [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 40) was hanged, drawn and quartered in Hereford [Map]. Baron Despencer forfeit.
Simon of Reading was also hanged, drawn and quartered the same day.
Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 31) and Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 39) were present - see Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker.
In 1330 [her son] William Zouche was born to [her husband] William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 65) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 37). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
In or after 1330 [her son] Robert Zouche 4th Baron Zouche Mortimer was born to [her husband] William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 65) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 37). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
Around 1332 [her son] Edward Zouche was born to [her husband] William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 67) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 39) at Mortimer, Berkshire. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
Before 24th March 1335 [her son] Edward Despencer (age 25) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Ferrers (age 36) were married. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 28th February 1336 [her husband] William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 71) died at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. He was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. His son [her step-son] Alan (age 18) succeeded 2nd Baron Zouche Mortimer. Eleanor Damory Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 17) by marriage Baroness Zouche Mortimer.
In 1337 [her daughter] Margaret Despencer (age 18) died at Watton Priory [Map].
On 30th June 1337 Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 44) died.
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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.
Founders and Benefactors of Tewkesbury Abbey. fol. 021r: [her former husband] Hugh II Despenser, Earl of Gloucester (d. 1326), became lord through marriage to Gilbert III’s sister [Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer]. A youthful figure in a ruff, wearing a hat with the three feathers of the Prince of Wales, plate armour and a mantle over his heraldic surcoat; he holds a hawk on his unprotected left hand. He was Lord Chamberlain to King Edward of Carnarvon. Three shields.
Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Clare 2nd Earl Hertford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Gernon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud St Hilary Countess Hertford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fitzrobert 2nd Earl Gloucester Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Beaumont Countess Gloucester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
GrandFather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Giffard
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham
Father: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzeustace 5th Baron of Halton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzrichard 6th Baron Halton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Albreda Lissours
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Essex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Essex
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Vere Baroness Warkworth
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Lacy Earl Lincoln
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth
GrandMother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux
Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Taillefer" Angoulême VI Count Angoulême
Great x 3 Grandfather: Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Courtenay
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Courtenay
GrandFather: King Edward I of England Son of King Henry III 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: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
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
Mother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal
Great x 3 Grandmother: Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon 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: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile 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
GrandMother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin
Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud II Count Clermont
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montgomery I Count Ponthieu
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Montgomery IV Count Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice St Pol Countess Ponthieu
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance of Castile