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.
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Baron Greystoke is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Succeeded Baronesses of England, Abeyant Baronies of England.
Summary
15th May 1321. Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke [aged 21] created.
14th July 1323. Son William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke [aged 2] succeeded.
10th July 1359. Son Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke [aged 5] succeeded.
6th April 1418. Son John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke [aged 29] succeeded.
1436. Son Ralph Greystoke 5th Baron Greystoke [aged 22] succeeded.
1st June 1487. Granddaughter Elizabeth Greystoke 6th Baroness Greystoke Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 15] succeeded.
14th August 1516. Son William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke [aged 23] succeeded.
18th November 1563. Son Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke [aged 36] succeeded.
1st July 1566. Son George Dacre 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland 9th Baron Greystoke [aged 5] succeeded.
17th May 1569. George Dacre 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland 9th Baron Greystoke abeyant.
On 15th May 1321 Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke [aged 21] was created 1st Baron Greystoke.
Before 14th July 1323 Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke [aged 23] and Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke.
On 14th July 1323 Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke [aged 23] died at Gateshead, County Durham. Possibly poisoned by a rebel knight. He was buried at Newminster Abbey, Northumberland [Map]. His son William [aged 2] succeeded 2nd Baron Greystoke.
After 14th July 1323 William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke [aged 2] and Lucy de Lucy Baroness Greystoke were married. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke.
Before 18th October 1353 William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke [aged 32] and Joan Fitzhenry Baroness Greystoke [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke.
On 10th July 1359 William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke [aged 38] died at Brancepeth Castle, County Durham [Map]. His son Ralph [aged 5] succeeded 3rd Baron Greystoke.
In 1377 Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke [aged 23] and Catherine Clifford Baroness Greystoke [aged 8] were married at Brougham Castle [Map]. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.
On 28th October 1407 John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke [aged 18] and Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke [aged 14] were married at Greystoke Castle, Cumberland. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke. She the daughter of Robert Ferrers and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 28]. They were fifth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
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.
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On 6th April 1418 Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke [aged 64] died. He was buried at Newminster Abbey, Northumberland [Map]. His son John [aged 29] succeeded 4th Baron Greystoke.
In or before 1436 Ralph Greystoke 5th Baron Greystoke [aged 21] and Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Greystoke were married. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1436 John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke [aged 47] died. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Greystoke [Map]. His son Ralph [aged 22] succeeded 5th Baron Greystoke. Monument in St Andrew's Church, Greystoke [Map]. Fluted Period. His Pauldrons are unusual in their style. His arms are fully encased in plate with a couter (or coude) protecting the elbow joint. Fine detail of the straps that held the armour in place may be seen on the underarms. A gorget, has replaced the camail. His head is, very unusually, bare as is his face, his hair cut in the style so typical of portraits of Henry V. The effigy was possibly made somewhat after John's death or, possibly, that the effigy has been incorrectly assigned. His head rests on the decorated tournament helm. He wears the Lancastrian Esses Collar. John had supported the usurpation of Richard II by Henry IV in the 1390s; staunch Lancastrians. John had married, in 1407, Elizabeth Ferrers, daughter of Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III. Two sword belts: diagonal (bawdric) and horizontal. The jupon, beneath the waist has been replaced by a fauld; horizontal strips of metal that wrap around.
John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke: In 1389 he was born to Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke and Catherine Clifford Baroness Greystoke. On 28th October 1407 John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke and Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke were married at Greystoke Castle, Cumberland. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke. She the daughter of Robert Ferrers and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. They were fifth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. On 6th April 1418 Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke died. He was buried at Newminster Abbey, Northumberland [Map]. His son John succeeded 4th Baron Greystoke.
On 1st June 1487 Ralph Greystoke 5th Baron Greystoke [aged 73] died. His granddaughter Elizabeth [aged 15] succeeded 6th Baroness Greystoke.
On 14th August 1516 Elizabeth Greystoke 6th Baroness Greystoke Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 45] died. Her son William [aged 23] succeeded 7th Baron Greystoke.
Before 1557 Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke [aged 29] and Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland and Baroness Greystoke.
On 18th November 1563 William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke [aged 70] died. His son Thomas [aged 36] succeeded 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 8th Baron Greystoke.
On 1st July 1566 Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke [aged 39] died. His son George [aged 5] succeeded 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 9th Baron Greystoke.
On 17th May 1569 George Dacre 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland 9th Baron Greystoke [aged 8] died. Baron Greystoke abeyant. There was a dispute as to whether his uncle Leonard Dacre should inherit Baron Dacre Gilsland which would be the case if it was created by letters patent, or whether the Barony was in abeyance between the 5th Baron's three sisters which would be the case of the barony had been created through a writ of summons. Such decisions would normally be referred to the Duke of Norfolk [aged 33] in his capacity as Earl Marshal but he, Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk, had married Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk, the mother of the three daughters although she had died in the meantime; he was not impartial - the three daughters were now his step-daughters. The matter was referred to Commissioners who decided the Barony had been created by writ between and was, therefore, abeyant between the three daughters who were now the step-daughters of Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk. He, Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk subsequently married his eldest son Philip Howard 13th or 20th Earl of Arundel [aged 11] to his eldest step-daughter Anne Dacre Countess Arundel [aged 12]. After Thomas Howard's execution in 1572 the two remaining daughters, Mary Dacre [aged 5] and Elizabeth Dacre [aged 4] were married to his two remaining sons Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 7] and William Howard [aged 5] respectively ensuring all of the Dacre and Greystoke wealth and estates in Cumberland, Yorkshire and Northumberland would become the property of the Howard family.
