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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Paternal Family Tree: Blois
14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings
1066 Coronation of William the Conqueror
Before 1040 [his father] Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux and [his mother] Adele Unknown were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Odo Blois II Count Blois and [his grandmother] Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois (age 69).
Around 1040 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness was born to [his father] Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux and [his mother] Adele Unknown.
In 1047 [his father] Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux died. His son Odo (age 7) succeeded Count Troyes and Meaux.
In 1048 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 8) was created I Count Champagne.
Before 1049, when the Council of Reims annulled their marriage, Enguerrand II Count Ponthieu and [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Ponthieu. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy. He the son of Hugh II Count Ponthieu and Bertha Aumale Countess Aumale and Ponthieu. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Before 1049 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 8) and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Troyes and Meaux, Countess Champagne. He by marriage Count Aumale. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy. He the son of Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux and Adele Unknown. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Around 1050 Enguerrand II Count Ponthieu and [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 20) marriage annulled by the Council of Reims on the grounds of consanguinity; they were fourth cousin once removed.
Before 1051 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 22) and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders (age 38) and Adela Capet Duchess Normandy (age 41). He the illegitmate son of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy and Herleva of Falaise. They were third cousin once removed.
After 25th October 1053 Lambert Flanders II Count Lens (age 38) and [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy. He the son of Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne and Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne. They were fifth cousins.
After 1066 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 26) was created 1st Earl Holderness Feudal. There is some confusion around this creation. His wife, [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 36) may have been created Countess of Holderness with Odo holding it by right of his wife.
On 14th October 1066 the Norman army led by [his illegitimate brother-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 38) defeated the English army of King Harold II of England (age 44) at the 14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings fought at Senlac Hill Hastings. Aimery Thouars (age 42), Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia (age 24), Eustace II Count Boulogne (age 51), William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford (age 46), Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche, William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey, Raoul Tosny, Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 26), Hugh Grandesmil (age 34), Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (possibly), Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 35) and Bishop Odo of Bayeux fought for William.
King Harold II of England was killed. Earl Wessex, Earl Hereford extinct.
Leofwine Godwinson 2nd Earl Kent (age 31) was killed. Earl Kent extinct.
His brothers Gyrth Godwinson Earl East Anglia (age 34) and Engenulphe Aigle (age 56) were killed.
On 25th December 1066 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 38) was crowned I King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Ealdred.
On 28th January 1069 Robert de Comines Earl Northumbria was burned to death in Durham, County Durham [Map] when a rebel army set fire to the house in which he was staying. All his men were killed. In retaliation [his illegitimate brother-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 41) commenced the Harrying of the North.
In 1070 Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon and Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon (age 16) were married. She by marriage Earldorman Northumbria, Countess Huntingdon. She, Judith, a niece of [his illegitimate brother-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 42). She the daughter of Lambert Flanders II Count Lens and [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 40). He the son of Siward "Stout" Earl of Northumbria and Aelfflaed Northumbria.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Around 1070 [his son] Stephen Blois Count Aumale was born to Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 30) and [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 40). He married before 1101 Hawise Mortimer Countess Aumale and had issue.
On 9th September 1087 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 59) died at the Priory of St Gervaise, Rouen [Map]. He was buried at the Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen [Map], at a ceremony presided over by Gilbert Arques Bishop Evreux. King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 19) attended. His son William (age 31) succeeded II King of England. His son Robert (age 36) succeeded III Duke Normandy.
Before 1090 [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 59) died. Her son [his son] Stephen (age 19) succeeded Count Aumale.
Before 1101 [his son] Stephen Blois Count Aumale (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Hawise Mortimer Countess Aumale were married. She by marriage Countess Aumale. He the son of Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 60) and [his former wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu.
In 1115 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 75) died. His son Stephen (age 45) succeeded 2nd Earl Holderness Feudal.
Kings Wessex: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Kings Franks: Great x 7 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald "Elder" Blois 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois
Great x 1 Grandfather: Odo Blois I Count Blois
Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois
Great x 3 Grandfather: Herbert II Count Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert I King West Francia 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aelis Unknown Queen Consort West Francia
GrandFather: Odo Blois II Count Blois
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Burgundy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Conrad I King Burgundy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bertha Welf Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Simple" III King West Francia
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia
Father: Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux
Great x 1 Grandfather: William IV Auvergne
GrandMother: Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois
Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness
Mother: Adele Unknown