Below is the tentative beginnings
of a date - outline of events in Katheryn's life (or relating
to her). I will be adding more dates and references, so please
check back frequently!
| Year |
Event
Description |
Cit. |
| 1305 |
Death of Jean Ruet,
father of Payne Roet |
1 |
| 1327 |
Payne Roet presumably
comes to England in entourage of
Philippa of Hainault for her wedding to Edward III. |
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| 1331 |
Fastre de Ruet dies;
perhaps a cousin to Payne Roet; END OF THE LORDS OF ROUELX. |
2 |
| 1335 |
Birth of Elizabeth/Isabel
Roet, daughter of Payne Roet. |
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| 1338? |
Birth of Walter
Roet, son of Payne Roet |
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| 1345/6? |
Birth of Philippa
Roet |
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| 1345 |
Thomas Swynford
and Nicholaa, his wife, obtain land holdings in Coleby from Roger
de Coheldyk for life with remainder to Swynford's heirs. |
3 |
| 1347 |
Payne Roet at Seige
of Calais; one of two nights deputed by Queen Philippa to provide
safe conduct to the citizens she had saved. |
4 |
| 1349 |
Elizabeth/Isabel
Roet enters the convent of St. Waudru of Mons, granted by Margaret,
Countess of Holland (and sister to Queen Philippa), on the occasion
of the death of Beatrix de Wallaincourt there.
--Cartulaire, 321. |
5 |
| 1350 |
Payne Roet in the
service of Countess Margaret's son, Duke William of Hainault,
preparing to go on pilgrimage to St. Druon
--Cartulaire, |
6 |
| 1350? |
Birth of Katheryn
Roet, daughter of Payne Roet |
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| 1351 |
(Christmas) Payne
Roet returns to England with Countess Margaret's househnold for
wedding of Margaret's son William to Matilda of Lancaster, sister
and co-heir with Blanche of Lancaster who later marries John
of Gaunt in 1359. |
7 |
| 1352 |
(March) The wedding
party departs England (presumably including Payne).
--Cartulaire, |
7 |
| |
(4 August) Last
recorded mention of Payne Roet.
--Cartulaire, |
8 |
| 1359 |
(20 May) Wedding
of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster.
--SAS, pp. 14/5. |
9 |
| 1363/4 |
Katheryn Roet marries
Hugh Swynford.
Philippa Roet marries Geoffrey Chaucer |
10 |
| 1365 |
Katheryn Swynford
is noted as an ancillae of Duchess Blanche of Lancaster |
11 |
| 1367/8 |
(24 February) Birth
of Thomas Swynford to Hugh and Katheryn Swynford. |
12 |
| 1368 |
(31 July) Death
of Elizabeth/Isabel Roet. |
13 |
| 1369 |
Katheryn Swynford,
Philippa Chaucer and others attend mourning ceremonies for Queen
Philippa of Hainault. |
14 |
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(August) Blanche
of Lancaster dies. |
15 |
| 1370 |
(July) Gaunt in
Aquataine.
--A Goodman, op cit., 47. |
16 |
| 1371 |
(September) Gaunt
marries Constance of Castille at Roquefort near Mont-de-Marsan. |
17 |
| 1371/2 |
Death of Hugh Swynford. |
18 |
| 1372 |
(1 May) Payment
warrant to Katheryn Swynford for 10L. |
19 |
| |
(15 May) Grant to
Katheryn Swynford on account of the great affection Blanche of
Lancaster had for her. |
20 |
| |
(30 August) Philippa
Chaucer is recorded as being in the household of Constance of
Castille. |
21 |
| 1375 |
(1 January) Grant
of the wardship of the lands and heir of Sir Robert Deyncourt
and the marriage of the heir for Katheryn's daughter Blanche
given by Gaunt. |
22 |
| |
(Michaelmas) Katheryn
in Lincolnshire, organizing a protest to clean, empty and repair
the Fossdyke. |
23 |
| |
(2 January) Warrant
to pay 1 marcz to Katheryn; perhaps a gift from Gaunt. |
24 |
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(14 January) Wine
sent to Katheryn at Kettlethorpe. |
25 |
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24 July) Gift of
wood from parks of Wheatly and Gringly for the repair of Kettlethorpe's
manor house. |
26 |
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Katheryn and Gaunt
spend time at Leicester; Wine was furnished by the mayor. |
27 |
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Henry Beaufort born
to Katheryn & Gaunt? |
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[1] Lettenhove's
Froissart's Chronicles, as cited by Cook
[2] Cartulaire?
[3] ...
[4] ...
[5] Cartulaire,
321.
[6] Cartulaire,
[7]
[8] --Cartulaire,
[9] Cartulaire,
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[10] Based upon
presumed birth of Margaret Swynford and Elizabeth Chaucer.
[11] Anthony
Goodman, "Katherine Swynford", p.
[12] CCR, Edw.
III, XIII:403.
[13] Cartulaire,
p.158.
[14] Enrollments
and Documents, pp. 172-3.
[15] A.Goodman,
JoG, p. 46 & n22.
[16] ibid, 47.
[17] ibid, 48.
[18] CCR, Edw. III, XIII:403.
[19] John of Gaunt's Registers I, vol. ii, #988,
p. 56.
[20] ibid, vol. i, #409, p. 169.
[21] ibid, vol. ii, #1056, p. 82.
[22] Registers of John of Gaunt, I (Sydney Armitage-Smith,
ed.), #181, p. 82.
[23] J.W. Hill, Medieval Lincoln, p. 312.
[24] Registers, I (SAS) #1686, pp. 309-10.
[25] Registers, I (SAS), #1608, pp. 279-80.,
[26] Registers, I (SAS) #1711, pp. 316-17.
[27] Bateson,
Mayor's Accounts, 155; Bateson, xxiii.