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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Baron Beaumont is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Abeyant Baronies of England, Succeeded Baronesses of England, Extant Baronies of England.
Summary
1309. Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 30] created.
10th March 1340. Son John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont [aged 22] succeeded.
10th May 1342. Son Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont [aged 2] succeeded.
17th June 1369. Son John Beaumont 4th Baron Beaumont [aged 8] succeeded.
9th September 1396. Son Henry Beaumont 5th Baron Beaumont [aged 16] succeeded.
June 1413. Son John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 3] succeeded.
10th July 1460. Son William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 22] succeeded. See 1460 Battle of Northampton.
19th December 1507. William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont abeyant.
1840. Miles Thomas Stapleton 8th Baron Beaumont [aged 35] abeyance terminated.
1854. Son Henry Stapleton 9th Baron Beaumont [aged 5] succeeded.
23rd January 1892. Brother Miles Stapleton 10th Baron Beaumont [aged 41] succeeded.
16th September 1895. Miles Stapleton 10th Baron Beaumont abeyant.
1st June 1896. Daughter Mona Stapleton 11th Baroness Beaumont and Baroness Howard [aged 1] abeyance terminated.
31st August 1971. Son Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk [aged 56] succeeded.
24th June 2002. Son Edward Fitzalan-Howard 18th Duke of Norfolk [aged 45] succeeded.
In 1309 Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 30] was created 1st Baron Beaumont.
Before 14th July 1310 Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 31] and Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. He by marriage Earl Buchan.
On 10th March 1340 Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 61] died at Buchan. His son John [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Baron Beaumont. Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 21] by marriage Baroness Beaumont.
On 10th May 1342 John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont [aged 24] was killed in a tournament at Beaumont, Staffordshire. His son Henry [aged 2] succeeded 3rd Baron Beaumont.
Before 1361 Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont [aged 20] and Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. She the daughter of John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford [aged 52]. He the son of John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 42]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On or before 17th June 1369 Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont [aged 29] died at Sempringham Priory [Map]. His son John [aged 8] succeeded 4th Baron Beaumont.
Before 1387 Henry Beaumont 5th Baron Beaumont [aged 6] and Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Beaumont [aged 2] were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.
In 1389 John Beaumont 4th Baron Beaumont [aged 28] and Katherine Everingham Baroness Beaumont were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont.
On 9th September 1396 John Beaumont 4th Baron Beaumont [aged 35] died. His son Henry [aged 16] succeeded 5th Baron Beaumont.
In June 1413 Henry Beaumont 5th Baron Beaumont [aged 33] died at Sempringham. His son John [aged 3] succeeded 6th Baron Beaumont.
On 10th July 1460 the Yorkist army led by the future King Edward IV of England [aged 18] and including Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 31], Archbishop George Neville [aged 28], William Neville 1st Earl Kent [aged 55], Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham [aged 45] and John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 22] defeated the Lancastrian army at the 1460 Battle of Northampton.
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent [aged 43] had started the day as part of the Lancastrian army but did nothing to prevent the Yorkist army attacking.
King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 38] was captured.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 57] was killed. His grandson Henry [aged 5] succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 7th Earl Stafford, 8th Baron Stafford.
John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 42] was killed. His son John [aged 11] succeeded 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Waterford, 8th Baron Furnivall, 12th Baron Strange Blackmere, 9th Baron Talbot.
Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont [aged 37] was killed. [Baron Egremont of Egremont Castle in Cumberland extinct. Some authoirities state, however, that he left a son, Sir John Percy, who never assumed the title.]
John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 50] was killed. His son William [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Viscount Beaumont, 7th Baron Beaumont.
William Lucy [aged 56] was killed apparently by servants of a member of the Stafford family who wanted his wife Margaret Fitzlewis [aged 21].
Thomas Tresham [aged 40] fought.
William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont and William Norreys [aged 19] were knighted.
Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland was executed following the battle.
The battle was fought south of the River Nene [Map] in the grounds of Delapré Abbey.
On 19th December 1507 William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 69] died at Wivenhoe, Essex [Map] where he was buried. Viscount Beaumont extinct. Baron Beaumont and Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk abeyant between his two nieces Joanne Lovell and Frideswell Lovell. The issue of Frideswell Lovell were disbarred from succeededing when her son Henry Norreys [aged 25] was attainted. The issue of Joanne Lovell included his great nephews including Henry Norreys, George Stapleton [aged 28] and great-great nephew Brian Stapleton [aged 30]. The title of Baron Beaumont was called out of abeyance in 1840 for Miles Thomas Stapleton 8th Baron Beaumont, a descendant of Brian Stapleton and an 11 x great-nephew of William Beaumont.
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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In 1840 Miles Thomas Stapleton 8th Baron Beaumont [aged 35] abeyance terminated 8th Baron Beaumont. He was an 11 x great newphew of the 7th Baron William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont.
On 9th September 1844 Miles Thomas Stapleton 8th Baron Beaumont [aged 39] and Isabella Anne Browne Baroness Beaumont [aged 19] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
In 1854 Miles Thomas Stapleton 8th Baron Beaumont [aged 49] died at Bruton Street. His son Henry [aged 5] succeeded 9th Baron Beaumont.
On 23rd January 1892 Henry Stapleton 9th Baron Beaumont [aged 43] died without issue. His brother Miles [aged 41] succeeded 10th Baron Beaumont.
On 16th September 1895 Miles Stapleton 10th Baron Beaumont [aged 45] died without male issue. Baron Beaumont abeyant between his two infant daughters Mona Stapleton 11th Baroness Beaumont and Baroness Howard [aged 1] and Ivy Mary Stapleton, the latter being born three weeks after his death.
On 1st June 1896 Mona Stapleton 11th Baroness Beaumont and Baroness Howard [aged 1] abeyance terminated 11th Baroness Beaumont.
On 31st August 1971 Mona Stapleton 11th Baroness Beaumont and Baroness Howard [aged 77] died. Her son Miles [aged 56] succeeded 12th Baron Beaumont.
On 24th June 2002 Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk [aged 86] died. His son Edward [aged 45] succeeded 18th Duke Norfolk, 36th Earl Arundel, 19th Earl Surrey, 16th Earl Norfolk, 26th Baron Maltravers, 26th Baron Arundel, 5th Baron Howard of Glossop in Derbyshire, 13th Baron Beaumont. Georgina Susan Gore Duchess of Norfolk [aged 40] by marriage Duchess Norfolk.