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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Before 1304 [his father] Warin Lisle and [his mother] Alice Tyeys were married.
Around 1304 Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle was born to [his father] Warin Lisle and [his mother] Alice Tyeys at Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire.
On 16th March 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle. Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere, Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March, John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford, Nicholas Longford, Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray were captured.
[his father] Warin Lisle was hanged after the battle at Pontefract.
Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle and she in Sempringham Priory.
John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton, Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke, William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby, Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle, Domhnall Mar II Earl of Mar and Peter Saltmarsh fought for the King.
Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton was captured.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex was killed. John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.
Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison fough for the rebels, and was captured.
Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle for the rest of his life
John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield was captured.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March was imprisoned at Tower of London.
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In 1327 Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle was knighted.
After 3rd December 1329 Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle and Eleanor Fitzalan were married. She the daughter of Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel.
Around 1330 [his son] Warin Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle was born to Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle and [his wife] Eleanor Fitzalan at Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire. He married (1) before 1360 Margaret Pipard Baroness Lisle and had issue (2) after 1360 Joan Unknown Baroness Lisle.
In or before 1331 [his brother-in-law] John Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Codnor and [his sister] Alice Lisle Baroness Grey Codnor were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Codnor.
In 1344 [his sister] Alice Lisle Baroness Grey Codnor died at Codnor, Derbyshire.
14th December 1344 [his brother-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel marriage annulled by Pope Clement VI on the grounds that he had never freely consented to marry Isabel. He, at this time, is believed to be having an affair with her first cousin Eleanor who he married four months later.
On 5th April 1345 [his brother-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey were married at Ditton Church, Stoke Poges. She by marriage Countess Arundel. She the daughter of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster and Maud Chaworth. He the son of Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel.
On 26th August 1346 the army of King Edward III of England 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", Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick, William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick.
The English army was included: Bishop Thomas of Hatfield, Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Bernard Brocas, Thomas Felton, James Audley, Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier, Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh, Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh, Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham, John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth, Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley, Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton, William Scrope, Stephen Scrope, William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby, John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle, Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle, Nicholas Longford, Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh, Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings, Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk, John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford, Thomas West, John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby, John Wingfield, Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy, Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (possibly), Walter "Elder" Devereux, John Devereux, Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos, Richard Pembridge and John Sully.
The French army suffered significant casualties. King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France was wounded. William de Coucy and his son Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy and were killed.
Charles II Count Alençon was killed. Charles Valois Archbishop of Lyons succeeded Count Alençon.
Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon was killed. Louis Chatillon III Count Blois Count Soissons succeeded III Count Blois.
Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders was killed. Louis of Male III Count Nevers II Count Flanders succeeded III Count Nevers, II Count Flanders.
King John I of Bohemia was killed. Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg succeeded IV King Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg. Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg.
Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine was killed. John Metz I Duke Lorraine succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
Jean IV de Harcourt was killed.
Before 30th March 1347 [his wife] Eleanor Fitzalan died.
On 2nd August 1347 [his mother] Alice Tyeys died.
Before 18th August 1347 Edmund St John 3rd Baron St John of Basing and [his future wife] Elizabeth Strange Baroness St John of Basing were married. She by marriage Baroness St John of Basing.
Before 29th July 1349 Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle and Elizabeth Strange Baroness St John of Basing were married. There appears to be some confusion here as to whether Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle married Elizabeth Strange Baroness St John of Basing daughter of John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere and Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere, or Elizabeth Strange daughter of John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Knockin and Isolde Chaworth Baroness Strange Knockin. The dates would suggest the former.
On 15th December 1357 Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle was created 1st Baron Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire.
On 20th June 1358 Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle summoned to a Council.
Before 1360 [his son] Warin Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Pipard Baroness Lisle were married.
After 1360 [his son] Warin Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle and [his daughter-in-law] Joan Unknown Baroness Lisle were married. She by marriage Baroness Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire.
On 9th June 1360 Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle died at Stowe, Northamptonshire. [his son] Warin Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle succeeded 2nd Baron Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire. [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Pipard Baroness Lisle by marriage Baroness Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire.
He was buried at St Michael's Church, Stowe Nine Churches. His effigy is of the Early Medieval Period with right leg over left.
Warin Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle: Around 1330 he was born to Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle and Eleanor Fitzalan at Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire. Before 1360 he and Margaret Pipard Baroness Lisle were married. After 1360 he and Joan Unknown Baroness Lisle were married. She by marriage Baroness Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire. On 28th June 1382 he died. Margaret Lisle Baroness Berkeley 3rd Baroness Lisle succeeded 3rd Baroness Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire.
Margaret Pipard Baroness Lisle: Around 1323 she was born to William Pipard. On 3rd August 1373 she died.
After 9th June 1360 Richard Pembridge and [his former wife] Elizabeth Strange Baroness St John of Basing were married.
In 1362 [his former wife] Elizabeth Strange Baroness St John of Basing died.