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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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Whitchurch, Shropshire is in Shropshire.
On 13th January 1332 John Strange 4th Baron Strange Blackmere was born to John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere (age 25) and Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere (age 23) at Whitchurch, Shropshire. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England. He married in or before 1353 his fourth cousin once removed Mary Fitzalan Baroness Strange Blackmere, daughter of Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel, and had issue.
Around 1335 Hamon Strange was born to John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere (age 28) and Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere (age 26) at Whitchurch, Shropshire. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England.
On 28th July 1397 John Strange 6th Baron Strange Knockin (age 46) died at Whitchurch, Shropshire. His son Richard (age 15) succeeded 7th Baron Strange Knockin.
In 1510 Henry Vernon (age 65) commissioned the Golden Chapel to be constructed on the south side of St Bartholemew's Church, Tong [Map]. 'Golden' referred to the gilding of the fan-vaulted ceiling with three pendants. The memorial on the wall is to Arthur Vernon (age 28) Rector of Whitchurch, Shropshire.
Arthur Vernon: In 1482 he was born to Henry Vernon and Anne Talbot. In 1517 Arthur Vernon died.
On 16th August 1517 Gilbert Talbot (age 65) died. He was buried at Whitchurch, Shropshire.
In 1643 Thomas Salusbury 2nd Baronet (age 30) died. He was buried at Whitchurch, Shropshire. His son Thomas succeeded 3rd Baronet Salusbury of Lleweni in Denbighshire.
Black Mere Castle, Whitchurch is also in Castles in Shropshire.
In 1383 John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury was born to Richard Talbot 7th Baron Strange Blackmere 4th Baron Talbot (age 22) and Ankaret Strange 7th Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot (age 22) at Black Mere Castle, Whitchurch [Map]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. He married (1) before 12th March 1407 his third cousin once removed Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall, daughter of Thomas Neville Baron Furnivall and Joan Furnival 5th Baroness Furnivall, and had issue (2) 6th September 1425 his second cousin twice removed Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford, daughter of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick, and had issue.
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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Around 1320 Matilda Strange was born to John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere (age 13) and Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere (age 11) at Black Mere, Whitchurch. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
On 23rd January 1324 Fulk Strange 1st Baron Strange Blackmere (age 57) died at Black Mere, Whitchurch. His son John (age 17) succeeded 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere. Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere (age 15) by marriage Baroness Strange Blackmere.
On 12th May 1361 John Strange 4th Baron Strange Blackmere (age 29) died at Black Mere, Whitchurch. His son John (age 8) succeeded 5th Baron Strange Blackmere.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 11th February 1690. Tuesday, we set out past 8; dined at the Swan in Newport; lay at Whitchurch (at the Red Lyon) that night; there Mr Cotton, Mr Taylor, Captain Mainwaring, Goldsmith, Delves, Savage, &c. met us; (the 3 first retorned that night after supper) one Eddows & another townesman came to see G.Mainwaring (age 47). I left them past 9.