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.'

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Kingdom of Frankia

Kingdom of Frankia is in Kings.

East Francia

King East Francia

In 887 Arnulf King East Francia Holy Roman Emperor succeeded King East Francia.

On 24th May 919 Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia [aged 43] was created I King East Francia.

Louis "German" II King East Francia succeeded II King East Francia.

Queen Consort East Francia

In or before 828 Louis "German" II King East Francia [aged 23] and Hemma Welf Queen Consort East Francia [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort East Francia. He the son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King of the Franks [aged 49] and Ermengarde Hesbaye Queen Consort Aquitaine.

Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Hatheburg Unknown Queen Consort East Francia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort East Francia.

Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort East Francia.

Franks

Queen Consort Franks

On 1st August 1137 Louis VI King of the Franks [aged 55] died of dysentery. His son Louis [aged 17] succeeded VII King of the Franks. Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 15] by marriage Queen Consort Franks.

On 25th December 1137 Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 15] was crowned Queen Consort Franks.

Middle Francia

King Middle Francia

Queen Consort Middle Francia

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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In 840 Lothair Holy Roman Emperor [aged 45] succeeded King Middle Francia. Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia by marriage Queen Consort Middle Francia.

West Francia