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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.

Biography of Gilbert de Clare 1066-1117

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1100 Death of William II Accession of Henry I

1101 Christmas Court

Around 1066 Gilbert de Clare was born to Richard de Clare (age 42) and Rohese Giffard at Clare, Suffolk [Map].

In 1088 Gilbert de Clare (age 22) was wounded at Tonbridge, Kent [Map].

In 1088 Gilbert de Clare (age 22) and Adeliza Claremont (age 30) were married.

Around 1090 [his father] Richard de Clare (age 66) died. He was buried at St Neots Priory [Map].

Before 1094 Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester (age 46) and [his sister-in-law] Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester (age 35) were married. She by marriage Countess Chester.

Around 1100 [his son] Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke was born to Gilbert de Clare (age 34) and [his wife] Adeliza Claremont (age 42) at Tonbridge, Kent [Map].

Around 1100 [his son] Hervey de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare (age 34) and [his wife] Adeliza Claremont (age 42) at Clare, Suffolk [Map].

Death of William II Accession of Henry I

On 2nd August 1100 King William II of England (age 44) died in a hunting accident, not known whether accidentally or otherwise, in the New Forest, Hampshire. His brother Henry (age 32) succeeded I King of England. The brothers Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 60) and Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick (age 50), and [his brother] Roger de Clare (age 34) and Gilbert de Clare (age 34) were present.

Christmas Court

In December 1101 King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 33) hosted his at Christmas Court at Westminster Palace [Map]. Gilbert de Clare (age 35) attended.

After 13th May 1106 [his sister-in-law] Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester (deceased) died.

After 1113 [his mother] Rohese Giffard died.

In or before 1115 [his son] Richard de Clare and [his daughter-in-law] Alice Gernon were married. She the daughter of Ranulf le Meschin Gernon 3rd Earl Chester (age 44) and Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester.

In 1117 [his wife] Adeliza Claremont (age 59) died.

In 1117 Gilbert de Clare (age 51) died.

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[his son] Baldwin de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Claremont.

[his father] Richard de Clare and [his mother] Rohese Giffard were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Walter Giffard 1st Earl Buckingham. He the son of [his grandfather] Gilbert Clare 2nd Count of Eu.

[his son] Walter de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Claremont.

[his son] Richard de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Claremont.

[his daughter] Rohese de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Claremont.

[his daughter] Adelize de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Claremont.

[his daughter] Margaret de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Claremont.