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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Baronies of England Created with a Special Remainder is in Baronies of England.
In early December 1529 King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 38) created five Baronies...
On 1st December 1529...
Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 62) was created 1st Baron Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire. Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 60) by marriage Baroness Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire.
John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (age 64) was created 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford. Anne Grey Baroness Hussey Sleaford (age 39) by marriage Baroness Hussey of Sleaford.
On 2nd December 1529...
Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth (age 28) was created 1st Baron Wentworth. Margaret Fortescue Baroness Wentworth (age 27) by marriage Baroness Wentworth.
Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh (age 41) was created 1st Baron Burgh. Agnes Tyrwhitt Baroness Cobham, Strabolgi and Burgh (age 48) by marriage Baroness Burgh. This is regarded as a new creation rather than a continuation of the previous creation Baron Burgh since Thomas's father was never summoned to Parliament due to his insanity. Some sources refer to Thomas as the 3rd Baron Burgh.
On 4th December 1529 Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 45) was created 1st Baron Braye by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines.
On 10th May 1661 George Cooke 1st Baronet (age 29) was created 1st Baronet Cooke of Wheatley Hall in Yorkshire in recognition of his father's services during the Civil War and with a special remainder to his younger brother Henry Cooke 2nd Baronet (age 27).
On 28th August 1767 Caroline Campbell 1st Baroness Greenwich (age 49) was created 1st Baroness Greenwich with a special remainder to the male issue by her second husband, Charles Townshend (age 42) who died one week after the creation. Her two sons by Charles predesceased her. Her father John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll had been created Earl of Greenwich which titles became extinct on his death.
In 1784 Henry Carteret 1st Baron Carteret (age 49) was created 1st Baron Carteret with a special remainder to the younger sons of his brother, the Marquess of Bath.
The London Gazette 15393. Whitehall, August 4, 1801. The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britaintain and Ireland, to the Right Honorable Horatio Viscount Nelson (age 42), Knight of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, and Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, (Duke of Bronti in Sicily, Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit, and of the Imperial Order of the Crescent,) and to the Heirs Male of his Body, lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Baron Nelson, of the Nile, and of Hilborough, in the County of Norfolk; with Remainders to Edmund Nelson (age 79), Clerk, Rector of Burnham Thorpe, in the said County of Norfolk, Father of the said Horatio Viscount Nelson, and the Heirs Male of his Body, lawfully begotten; and to the Heirs Male lawfully begotten, and to be begotten, severally and successively of Susanna (age 46) the Wife of Thomas Bolton, Esq; and Sister of the said Horatio Viscount Nelson; and in Default of such Issue, to the Heirs Male of Catherine the Wife of George Matcham, Esq; another sister of the said Horatio Viscount Nelson.
On 27th April 1864 Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr (age 68) was created 1st Baroness Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex by Queen (age 44) with a special remainder to her second surviving son, Reginald (age 47) and the heirs male of his body, with remainder to her third, fourth and fifth surviving sons, by her said husband (age 72), in like manner respectively, and with a proviso that if any person taking under these letters patent shall succeed to the Earldom of De La Warr, and there shall upon, or at any time after, the occurrence of such an event be any younger son or any heir male of the body of any such other son, then and so often as the same shall happen the succession to the Honours and dignities thereby created shall devolve upon the son of the said Elizabeth, Countess De la Warr, or the heir who would next be entitled to succeed to the said dignity of Baron Buckhurst, if the person so succeeding to the Earldom of De la Warr was dead without issue male.
Note. This complicated creation was not totally unique as three years previously in 1861 the Earldom of Cromartie was granted to Anne, Duchess of Sutherland, with a similar remainder. They are often referred to as "the two jumping peerages" as the intention of the draughtsman appears to have been to create a peerage that would "jump" from one person in his lifetime to another as certain circumstances arose. The descent of the Earldom of Cromartie has never been tested and that of the Barony of Buckhurst was frustrated within one generation. The Hon Reginald Sackville-West took his seat in the House of Lords as Baron Buckhurst following the death of his mother in 1870. Three years later he succeeded his elder brother as 7th Earl De La Warr and yet made no move to surrender the Barony of Buckhurst in accordance with the letters patent. The Barony of Buckhurst was claimed, together with Knole Park and the other Sackville estates, by his younger brother, Hon Mortimer Sackville-West (age 43). His claim to the estates was successful but not his claim to the Barony of Buckhurst. As a consolation he was created Baron Sackville in 1876, with a special remainder, failing the heirs male of his body, to his two younger brothers in like manner, they being the only two people who might have inherited the Barony of Buckhurst had the letters patent of 1864 being adhered to.
In 1876 Mortimer Sackville-West 1st Baron Sackville (age 55) was created 1st Baron Sackville of Knole in Kent with special remainder failing heirs male of his body to his two younger brothers, Lionel Sackville and William Edward respectively in like manner
The London Gazette 37305. Whitehall, October 12, 1945. The KING has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 17th ultimo, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom upon Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles Frederick Algernon Portal (age 52), G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., by the name, style and title of Baron Portal Of Hungerford, of Hungerford in the County of Berks and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten; and in default of such issue with remainder to his eldest daughter Rosemary Ann Portal by the name, style and title of Baroness Portal Of Hungerford, of Hungerford in the County of Berks and the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten; and in default of such issue to every other daughter lawfully begotten of the said Sir Charles Frederick Algernon Portal successively in order of seniority of age and priority of birth and to the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten.