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Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire is in Woodstock, Oxfordshire [Map].
In 1176 Rosamund Clifford (age 40) died at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map].
On 5th September 1186 King William I of Scotland (age 43) and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland (age 16) were married at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map] by Archbishop Baldwin Avigo (age 61). She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. His bride had been chosen by King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 53) as part of the Treaty of Falaise. William received Edinburgh Castle [Map] as a wedding gift from King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria and Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria. They were half fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
Chronicle of Roger de Hoveden. 13th April 1194. On the thirteenth day of April, the king arrived at Woodstock [Map].
Tertia decima die mensis Aprilis venit rex ad Wudestoc.
Liber de Antiquis Legibus 1255. 15th August 1255. In the same year, the King of Scotland (age 13) and his Queen (age 14), daughter of the King of England, came into England, and, on the Assumption of Saint Mary [15 August] were with his lordship the King at Wudestok [Map]; upon which day, the said King held a great and most noble Court, nearly all his Earls and Barons being present.
On 11th March 1279 Mary of Woodstock was born to King Edward I of England (age 39) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 38) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map].
On 5th August 1301 Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent was born to King Edward I of England (age 62) and Margaret of France Queen Consort England (age 22) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.81%.
On 18th June 1318 Eleanor of Woodstock Plantagenet was born to King Edward II of England (age 34) and Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 23) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. She was named for her paternal grandmother Eleanor of Castile. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.16%.
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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.
On 29th September 1328 Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales was born to Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent (age 27) and Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 31) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 15th June 1330 Edward "Black Prince" was born to King Edward III of England (age 17) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 15) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.
On 16th June 1332 Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons was born to King Edward III of England (age 19) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 17) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.
On 7th January 1355 Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester was born to King Edward III of England (age 42) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 40) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.
In December 1389 King Richard II of England (age 22) held his Christmas Court at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map].
On 30th December 1389 John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 17) was killed in a tournament during the Christmas Court at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Earl Pembroke and Baron Manny, Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation extinct. He was struck in the groin by the lance of Sir John Des.
John Hastings 6th Baron Hastings (age 61) de jure 6th Baron Hastings. His claim was contested by Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn (age 27) who was the son of Elizabeth Hastings Baroness Grey Ruthyn daughter of John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings his case being that he was of the full blood whereas John Hastings 6th Baron Hastings was of the half-blood ie Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn, like John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke, was descended from John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings and Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings, whereas John Hastings 6th Baron Hastings was descended from John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings and Isabel Despencer Baroness Hastings and Bergavenny.
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 19th May 1554. The xixth of May, beinge Saterday and the eeven of the feast of the Holie Trinitie, Ladye Elizabeth (age 20) was had out of the Tower [Map] and went thorowe London Bridge in her barge at 3 of the clock in the afternoone, lyeinge at Richmond [Map] that night; and from thence conveyed to Woodstock [Map], Mr. Benyfield (age 45)b, Lorde Williams of Tame, and Sir Leonard Chamberlayne, waytinge on her, with iic horsemen, there to remayne at the Queenes pleasure.
Note b. Sir Henry Bedingfield, the recently appointed Constable of the Tower.
On 22nd May 1554 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 20) was imprisoned at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map].