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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Count Nevers is in Counts of France.
In 1028 Renauld I Count of Nevers [aged 23] was created Count Nevers.
On 29th May 1040 Renauld I Count of Nevers [aged 35] was killed at the Battle of Seignelay against Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 29]. His son William [aged 10] succeeded Count Nevers.
In 1089 Renaud II Count Nevers and Count Auxerre died. His son William succeeded Count Nevers.
On 20th June 1100 William I of Nevers [aged 70] died. Renaud II Count Nevers and Count Auxerre was for sometime co-ruler of Count Nevers but predeceased his father.
On 21st November 1161 William III Count Nevers Count Auxerre and Tonnere [aged 54] died. His son William [aged 31] succeeded Count Nevers.
On 24th October 1168 William IV Count of Nevers [aged 38] died. His brother Guy succeeded Count Nevers.
On 4th August 1266 Odo Burgundy [aged 36] died at Acre [Map]. His daughter Yolande [aged 19] succeeded II Countess Nevers.
In 1290 Louis Dampierre I Count Nevers [aged 18] and Joan Rethel Countess Nevers and Rethel were married. She by marriage Countess Nevers. He the son of Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders [aged 41] and Yolande Burgundy II Countess Nevers and Flanders. They were fifth cousin once removed.
In 1320 Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders [aged 16] and Margaret Capet Countess Nevers amd Flanders [aged 11] were married. She by marriage Countess Nevers, Countess Flanders. She the daughter of Philip V King France I King Navarre [aged 27] and Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France [aged 28]. He the son of Louis Dampierre I Count Nevers [aged 48] and Joan Rethel Countess Nevers and Rethel. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 24th July 1322 Louis Dampierre I Count Nevers [aged 50] died. His son Louis [aged 18] succeeded II Count Nevers.
On 26th August 1346 the army of King Edward III of England [aged 33] defeated the French army at the Battle of Crécy. The English army was commanded by King Edward III of England, his son Edward "Black Prince" [aged 16], Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick [aged 33], William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 36] and John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick [aged 30].
The English army was included: Bishop Thomas of Hatfield [aged 36], Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 38], Bernard Brocas [aged 16], Thomas Felton [aged 16], James Audley [aged 28], Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier, Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 59], Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh [aged 18], Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham [aged 51], John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 66], Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 37], Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 19], William Scrope [aged 21], Stephen Scrope [aged 21], William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 16], John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle [aged 28], Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle [aged 42], Nicholas Longford [aged 61], Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh [aged 27], Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings [aged 28], Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 48], John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford [aged 34], Thomas West [aged 34], John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby [aged 43], John Wingfield [aged 26], Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy [aged 25], Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 43] (possibly), Walter "Elder" Devereux [aged 37], John Devereux [aged 44], Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos [aged 26], Richard Pembridge [aged 26] and John Sully [aged 63].
The French army suffered significant casualties. King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France [aged 52] was wounded. William de Coucy [aged 60] and his son Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy [aged 33] and were killed.
Charles II Count Alençon [aged 49] was killed. His son Charles [aged 9] succeeded Count Alençon.
Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon was killed. His son Louis succeeded III Count Blois.
Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders [aged 42] was killed. His son Louis [aged 15] succeeded III Count Nevers, II Count Flanders.
King John I of Bohemia [aged 50] was killed. His son Charles [aged 30] succeeded IV King Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg. Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [aged 29] by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg.
Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine [aged 26] was killed. His son John succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
Jean IV de Harcourt [aged 39] was killed.
On 1st July 1347 Louis of Male III Count Nevers II Count Flanders [aged 16] and Margaret of Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Nevers, Countess Flanders. She the daughter of John Brabant III Duke Brabant [aged 47] and Marie Évreux Duchess of Brabant. He the son of Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders and Margaret Capet Countess Nevers amd Flanders [aged 38]. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 9th April 1409 Philip Valois II Count Nevers [aged 19] and Isabelle Coucy Countess Nevers [aged 23] were married at Soissons. She by marriage Countess Nevers. She the daughter of Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons and Isabelle of Lorraine. He the son of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 20th June 1413 Philip Valois II Count Nevers [aged 23] and Bonne Artois Duchess Burgundy [aged 17] were married at Beaumont en Artois. She by marriage Countess Nevers. She the daughter of Philip Artois Count of Eu and Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge [aged 38]. He the son of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy. They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1464 Charles Valois I Count Nevers [aged 50] died. His brother John [aged 49] succeeded II Count Nevers. Jacqueline Ailly Countess Nevers by marriage Countess Nevers.
On 30th August 1471 John Valois II Count of Nevers, Etampes, Rethel and Eu [aged 56] and Pauline Brosse Countess Nevers were married. She by marriage Countess Nevers. He the son of Philip Valois II Count Nevers and Bonne Artois Duchess Burgundy. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 5th September 1481 John de la Marck I Duke Cleves [aged 62] died. His son John [aged 23] succeeded II Duke Cleves. His son Engelbert [aged 18] succeeded Count Nevers.
On 25th September 1491 John Valois II Count of Nevers, Etampes, Rethel and Eu [aged 76] died. His grandson Engelbert [aged 28] succeeded Count Eu and Count Nevers.
Charles Valois I Count Nevers was created I Count Nevers. Marie Albret Countess Nevers by marriage Countess Nevers.
Philip Valois II Count Nevers succeeded II Count Nevers.
Louis Dampierre I Count Nevers was appointed I Count Nevers.