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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.
Corby, Northamptonshire is in Northamptonshire.
Around 1251 Alicia Ledet Baroness Latimer Corby was born to Walter Ledet (age 21) and Ermentrude Lisle (age 23) at Corby, Northamptonshire.
Around 1256 Walter Ledet (age 26) died at Corby, Northamptonshire.
Before 1270 John Latimer and Christian Ledet (age 17) were married. His brother William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby (age 26) had married, or was to marry her elder sister Alicia Ledet Baroness Latimer Corby (age 18). The sisters were the heiresses of their father Walter Ledet and the brothers inherited one of Braybrook and Corby.
On 5th December 1304 William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby (age 61) died at Corby, Northamptonshire. His son William (age 28) succeeded 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby.
On 15th September 1189 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 32) held a Council meeting at Pipewell [Map] at which he appointed a number of Bishops:
Bishop William Longchamp was elected Bishop of Ely.
Bishop Godfrey Lucy was elected Bishop of Winchester.
Bishop Richard Fitzneal (age 59) was elected Bishop of London.
Archbishop Hubert Walter (age 29) was elected Bishop of Salisbury.
Archaeologia Volume 29 Section XIII. The King (age 50) spent the greater part of the month of August in Northamptonshire. On the 30th and 31st of that month, and on the 1st of September, he was at Geddington [Map], where one of the crosses to the memory of his Queen was afterwards erected. From the 3rd to the 6th he was at Rockingham [Map]. On the 11th he was at Hardby. From the 13th to the 17th he was at the Priory of Newstead [Map]. On the 18th and 19th he was at the Abbey of Rufford [Map], and on the 20th we find him at his own house at Clipston. The Parliament was summoned to meet at Clipston on the 27th of October.
On 1st March 1617 Edward Watson of Rockingham Castle (age 68) died at Rockingham, Northamptonshire [Map].
The River Welland rises near Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire [Map] from where it flows past Theddingworth, Leicestershire [Map], Marston Trussell, Northamptonshire [Map], Lubenham, Northamptonshire [Map], Market Harborough, Leicestershire [Map], Welham, Leicestershire [Map], Drayton, Northamptonshire [Map], Rockingham, Northamptonshire [Map], Harringworth, Northamptonshire [Map], Barrowden, Northamptonshire [Map] and Wakerley, Northamptonshire [Map], Tixover, Northamptonshire [Map], Duddington, Northamptonshire [Map], Collyweston, Northamptonshire [Map], Stamford [Map], Tallington [Map], Peakirk [Map], Crowland [Map] with its Abbey, through the cenre of Spalding [Map] and under Fosdyke Bridge [Map] before joining The Wash.
Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire is also in Castles in Northamptonshire.
Letters. 1220. To her dearest son Henry (age 12), by the grace of God king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, earl of Anjou, Isabella (age 32), by the same grace queen of England, lady of Ireland, duchess of Normandy and Aquitaine, countess of Anjou and Angoulême, sends health and her maternal benediction.
We hereby signify to you that when the Earls of March and Eu departed this life, the lord Hugh de Lusignan (age 37) remained alone and without heirs in Poitou, and his friends would not permit that our daughter should be united to him in marriage, because her age is so tender, but counselled him to take a wife from whom he might speedily hope for an heir; and it was proposed that he should take a wife in France, which if he had done, all your land in Poitou and Gascony would be lost. We, therefore, seeing the great peril that might accrue if that marriage should take place, when our counsellors could give us no advice, ourselves married the said Hugh earl of March; and God knows that we did this rather for your benefit than our own. Wherefore we entreat you, as our dear son, that this thing may be pleasing to you, seeing it conduces greatly to the profit of you and yours; and we earnestly pray you that you will restore to him his lawful right, that is Niort, the castles of Exeter [Map] and Rockingham [Map], and 3500 marks, which your father, our former husband, bequeathed to us; and so, if it please you, deal with him, who is so powerful, that he may not remain against you, since he can serve you well - for he is wdl-disposed to serve you faithfully with all his power; and we are certain and undertake that he shall serve you well if you will restore to him his rights, and, therefore, we advise that you take opportune counsel on these matters; and, when it shall please you, you may send for our daughter, your sister, by a trusty messenger and your letters patent, and we will send her to you.
On 10th October 1530 Edward Watson (age 44) died at Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
On 12th May 1584 Edward Watson (age 68) died at Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
Diary of Anne Clifford. March 1603. About five miles from London there met them my Mother (age 42), my Lord of Bedford (age 30)1 and his Lady (age 23), my uncle Russell (age 45), and much other company, so that we were in number about three hundred, which did all accompany them to Bath House where they continued most of that summer, whither I went daily and visited them, and grew daily more inward with my cousin Frances (age 16) and Mrs Carey. About this time my Aunt Warwick (age 55) went to meet the Queen (age 28), having Mrs Bridges (age 25) with her and my Aunt Vavisor (age 43). My Mother and I should have gone with them, but that her horse (which she borrowed of Mrs Elmes,) and old Mr Hickley were not ready, yet I went the same night and overtook my aunt at Tittinhanger, Lady Blount's house, where my Mother came to me the next day about noon, my aunt being gone before. Then my Mother and I went on our journey to overtake her, and killed three horses that day with extremity of heat, and came to Wrest, my Lord of Kent's, where we found the doors shut and none in the house but one servant, who only had the keys of the hall, so that we were forced to lie in the hall all night, till towards morning, at which time came a man and let us into the higher rooms where we slept three or four hours. This morning we hasted away betimes and came that night to Rockingham Castle [Map], where we overtook my Aunt Warwick, and her company, where we continued a day or two with old Sir Edward Watson (age 54) and his Lady (age 57), then we went to Lady Needham's (age 43) who once served my Aunt of Warwick, and from thence to a sister of hers whose name I have forgotten.
Note 1. Edward, 3rd Earl, and his Lady, Lucy, daughter of Lord Harrington (age 63).
St Leonard's Church, Rockingham is also in Churches in Northamptonshire.
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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.
St Leonard's Church, Rockingham [Map]. The South (Watson) Chapel of St Leonard's Church, Rockingham, Northamptonshire which contains many monuments and memorials to the Watson family of Rockingham Castle who have owned and lived there since the 15th century..