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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.
Died of plague is in Disease.
In 664 Bishop Tuda died of plague.
On 14th July 664 Archbishop Deusdedit died of plague.
On 21st May 1259 Bishop Fulk Basset (age 70) died of plague. On 25th May 1259 he was buried at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].
In September 1343 Gaston Foix II Count Foix (age 35) died of plague at Seville. His son Gaston (age 12) succeeded III Count Foix.
In June 1348 the Black Death Plague arrived in England. The first of many occurrences. It is estimated to have killed between 25 to 60 percent of the population of around six million. The outbreak lasted through 1349 recurring in 1362, 1369 and regularly thereafter until its last significant outbreak in The Great Plague of 1666.
On 11th September 1349 Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 34) died of plague in Maubisson, Pontoise.
In 1348 John Savoy (age 10) died of plague during the Black Death Plague.
In 1348 John Barcelona (age 31) died of plague.
On 6th June 1349 William Harcourt (age 49) died of plague at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire [Map].
On 29th September 1349 Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 52) died of plague. Her son John (age 19) succeeded 4th Baron Wake of Liddell and inherited her dower lands and the estates she had inherited from her brother Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell.
On 26th March 1350 Alfonso "Avenger" XI King Castile (age 38) died of plague. His son Peter (age 15) succeeded I King Castile.
On 20th August 1348 Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier died of plague whilst escorting King Edward III's daughter Joan (age 14) [who died a fortnight later] to Spain to marry Peter, the future King Peter of Castile. His son John (age 19) succeeded 2nd Baron Bourchier.
On 30th October 1348 Eleanor Burgundy Queen Consort Aragon (age 20) died of plague. See Masearo, Condes de Barcelona, Volume 2, p. 274.
On 20th May 1349 Archbishop John de Ufford died of plague.
On 26th August 1349 Archbishop Thomas Bradwardine (age 49) died of plague.
On 4th October 1361 John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray (age 50) died of plague. His son John (age 21) succeeded 4th Baron Mowbray.
On 5th October 1361 Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham (age 66) died of plague at Lingfield, Surrey. He was buried at Lingfield, Surrey. His son Reginald (age 13) succeeded 2nd Baron Cobham.
On 7th September 1362 Joan of the Tower Queen Consort Scotland (age 41) died of plague at Hertford Castle [Map]. She was buried at either Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map] or Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map].
On 20th September 1370 Edward Plantagenet (age 6) died of plague at Bordeaux [Map].
On 13th November 1386 Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 73) died of plague. His son Thomas (age 48) succeeded 12th Earl Warwick. Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick (age 39) by marriage Countess Warwick.
On 7th June 1394 Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England (age 28) died of plague (probably) at Sheen Palace [Map]. King Richard II of England (age 27) was so distraught at her death he ordered the destruction of Sheen Palalce [Map].
In October 1397 Henry of Bar (age 33) died of plague at Treviso [Map].
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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 22nd September 1399 Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 31) died of plague in Venice [Map] whilst in exile. He was buried at St Mark's Cathedral, Venice [Map]. Duke Norfolk forfeit. His son Thomas (age 14) succeeded 4th Earl Norfolk, 2nd Earl Nottingham, 7th Baron Mowbray, 8th Baron Segrave and Earl Marshal.
In 1403 George Douglas 1st Earl Angus (age 23) died of plague. His son William (age 5) succeeded 2nd Earl Angus.
On 22nd September 1405 Barnim Griffins 6th Duke Pomerania (age 40) died of plague. His son Barnim succeeded 7th Duke Pomerania.
On 14th August 1414 Guy Montfort Baron Laval (age 29) died of plague following his return from the Holy Land.
On 31st August 1433 Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol (age 43) died of plague at Rambures, Somme. His son Louis (age 15) succeeded I Count Saint Pol.
On 3rd November 1456 Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond (age 26) died of plague at Carmarthen Castle [Map] leaving his thirteen year old wife Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 13) pregnant with their child Henry Tudor, the future King Henry VII. His son Henry Tudor succeeded 2nd Earl Richmond posthumously.
In 1462 or 1467 Christopher Plunkett 2nd Baron Killeen (age 14) died of plague. His brother Edmund (age 13) succeeded 3rd Baron Killeen.
On 18th November 1463 John Wittelsbach IV Duke Bavaria (age 26) died of plague. His brother Sigismund (age 24) succeeded Duke Bavaria.
On or after 20th May 1474 John VI Duke of Mecklenburg (deceased) died of plague.
In March 1479 George York 1st Duke Bedford (age 2) died of plague at Windsor Castle [Map]. Duke Bedford extinct.
On 29th May 1500 Archbishop Thomas Rotherham (age 76) died of plague at Cawood, North Yorkshire [Map].
On 27th January 1501 Bishop Thomas Langton died of plague.
On 15th March 1530 Katherine Howard Countess Derby (age 15) died of plague.
Before 1541 Thomas Fiennes (age 4) died of plague.
In 1583 Walter Corbet died of plague.
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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.
In 1613 John Leveson of Haling Kent (age 26) died of plague.
On 4th August 1624 Emanuel Filibert of Savoy (age 36) died of plague.
In August 1625 John Fletcher (age 45) died of plague.
On 13th September 1631 Elizabeth Southwell (age 48) died of plague in Florence, Tuscany.
On 1st July 1641 George Hastings (age 51) died of plague.
On 26th November 1651 Henry Ireton (age 40) died of plague.
On 25th August 1665 Alexander Burnett died of plague.
On 1st March 1666 Talbot Pepys (age 83) died of plague.
On 29th September 1665 Martin Noell (age 65) died of plague.
John Sutherland died of plague.