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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 28th October 1017 Henry "Black Pious" Salian III Holy Roman Emperor was born.
In 1036 Henry "Black Pious" Salian III Holy Roman Emperor (age 18) and Gunhilda Knytlinga (age 16) were married at Nijmegen [Map]. She the daughter of King Canute of England and Emma aka Ælfgyfu of Normandy Queen Consort England (age 51).
On 18th July 1038 [his wife] Gunhilda Knytlinga (age 18) died.
In 1043 Henry "Black Pious" Salian III Holy Roman Emperor (age 25) and Agnes Poitiers were married. She the daughter of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine.
On 25th December 1046 Henry "Black Pious" Salian III Holy Roman Emperor (age 29) was crowned as III Holy Roman Emperor.
John of Worcester. 1049. The emperor Henry (age 31) assembled a vast army against Baldwin (age 36), count of Flanders, chiefly because he had burnt and ruined his stately palace at Nimeguen. In this expedition were pope Leo, and many great and noble men from various countries. Sweyn (age 30), king of Denmark, was also there with his fleet at the emperor's command, and swore fealty to the emperor for that occasion. He sent also to [his former brother-in-law] Edward (age 46), king of England, and requested him not to let Baldwin escape, if he should retreat to the sea. In consequence, the king went with a large fleet to the port of Sandwich, Kent [Map], and remained there until the emperor had obtained of Baldwin all he desired. Meanwhile, earl Sweyn (age 28), son of earl Godwin (age 48) and Githa, who had left England and gone to Denmark, because he was not permitted to marry Edgiva, abbess of the monastery of Leominster, whom he had debauched, returned with eight ships, alleging falsely that he would now remain loyally with the king.
On 11th November 1050 [his son] Henry Holy Roman Emperor was born to Henry "Black Pious" Salian III Holy Roman Emperor (age 33) and [his wife] Agnes Poitiers.
In 1054 Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders (age 41) fought against Henry "Black Pious" Salian III Holy Roman Emperor (age 36) at the Battle of Lille after Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders had seized Cambrai.
On 5th October 1056 Henry "Black Pious" Salian III Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) died.
On 31st March 1084 Henry "Black Pious" Salian III Holy Roman Emperor was crowned as IV Holy Roman Emperor in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican.