Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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Before 24th September 1277 [his father] John Marshal and [his mother] Hawise Unknown were married.
On 24th September 1277 William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal was born to [his father] John Marshal and [his mother] Hawise Unknown at Denham Hartismere, Suffolk.
On 4th December 1282 [his father] John Marshal died.
In or before 1292 William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal and Christiana Fitzwalter Baroness Marshal were married.
In 1292 [his son] John Marshal 2nd Baron Marshal was born to William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal and [his wife] Christiana Fitzwalter Baroness Marshal.
Around 1298 [his daughter] Denise Marshal was born to William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal and [his wife] Christiana Fitzwalter Baroness Marshal.
Around 1300 [his daughter] Hawise Marshal 3rd Baroness Marshal was born to William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal and [his wife] Christiana Fitzwalter Baroness Marshal at Hockering, Mitford. She married in or before 1319 Robert Morley Baron Marshal, 2nd Baron Morley, son of William Morley 1st Baron Morley and Isabel Mohaut Baroness Morley, and had issue.
On 25th February 1308 King Edward II of England was crowned II King of England at Westminster Abbey by Henry Woodlock, Bishop of Winchester. Isabella of France Queen Consort England was crowned Queen Consort England.
Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall carried the Royal Crown.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal carried the Gilt Spurs.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex carried the Royal Sceptre.
Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel was Chief Butler, a heriditary office.
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster carried the Royal Rod.
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln carried the sword Curtana.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March carried the table bearing the Royal Robes.
Thomas Grey and [his father-in-law] Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter attended.
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Around 19th March 1311 the nobility attempt to constrain King Edward II of England by imposing a Council of Ordainers upon him. The Council included twenty-one signatories including:
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick.
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford.
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln.
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford.
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal, and.
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On 3rd November 1311 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall exiled by "The New Ordinances", a series of regulations imposed upon King Edward II by the peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England to restrict the power of the English monarch. The twenty-one signatories, consisting of eight earls, seven bishops and six barons, of the Ordinances are referred to as the Lords Ordainers:
Earls:
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke
Bishops:
Barons:
Hugh de Vere 1st Baron Vere
Hugh Courtenay, Baron of Okehampton.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford
Article 20 describes at length the offences committed by Gaveston; he was once more condemned to exile and was to abjure the realm by 1 November.
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Before 24th June 1314 William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal was created 1st Baron Marshal. [his wife] Christiana Fitzwalter Baroness Marshal by marriage Baroness Marshal.
On 24th June 1314 the Scottish army of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland including, James "Black" Douglas, heavily defeated the English army led by King Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn.
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford was killed. Earl Gloucester, Earl Hertford extinct.
John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch, Robert Felton 1st Baron Felton and William Vesci were killed.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal was killed. [his son] John Marshal 2nd Baron Marshal succeeded 2nd Baron Marshal.
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford was killed. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford succeeded 2nd Baron de Clifford.
John Lovell 2nd Baron Lovel was killed. John Lovell 3rd Baron Lovel succeeded 3rd Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh.
Henry Bohun was killed by King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland. He was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire.
Walter Fauconberg 2nd Baron Fauconberg possilby died although his death is also reported as being on 31 Dec 1318.
Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere, Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex, Goronwy ap Tudur Hen Tudor, Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan, Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke and Robert Umfraville 8th Earl Angus fought.
Pain Tiptoft 1st Baron Tibetot was killed. John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot succeeded 2nd Baron Tibetot.
John Montfort 2nd Baron Montfort was killed. Peter Montfort 3rd Baron Montfort succeeded 3rd Baron Montfort.
Thomas Grey undertook a suicidal charge that contributed to the English defeat and subsequently blemished his career.
William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby was captured.
Michael Poynings was killed.
On 6th December 1315 [his former wife] Christiana Fitzwalter Baroness Marshal died at Hockering, Mitford.