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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Maternal Family Tree: Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy 1839-1933
On 13th October 1860 Charles Henry Maynard (age 46) and [his mother] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
On 8th November 1866 [his father] Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn (age 33) and [his mother] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 27) were married.
On 16th March 1869 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn was born to [his father] Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn (age 36) and [his mother] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 29).
On 30th April 1881 [his brother-in-law] Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke (age 28) and [his half-sister] Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 19) were married at the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map]. See her autobiography Life's Ebb and Flow Page 38. He the son of George Greville 4th Earl Warwick 4th Earl Brooke (age 63) and Anne Charteris Countess Warwick (age 52). They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 20th October 1884 [his brother-in-law] Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower 4th Duke of Sutherland (age 33) and [his sister] Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine Duchess of Sutherland (age 17) were married; her seventeenth birthday. He the son of George Leveson-Gower 3rd Duke Sutherland (age 55) and Anne Hay Mackenzie Duchess Sutherland (age 55). They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 19th July 1890 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn (age 21) and Violet Aline Vyner were married.
On 6th September 1890 [his father] Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn (age 57) died. Memorial at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map]
Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn: On 2nd March 1833 he was born. On 8th November 1866 he and Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy were married.
In 1891 [his daughter] Rosabelle Millicent St Clair-Erskine was born to James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn (age 21) and [his wife] Violet Aline Vyner. She married before 30th October 1891 David Cecil Bingham and had issue.
Before 30th October 1891 [his son-in-law] David Cecil Bingham (age 4) and [his daughter] Rosabelle Millicent St Clair-Erskine were married.
On 28th May 1892 [his brother-in-law] Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland (age 32) and [his sister] Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 57).
On 22nd September 1892 George Leveson-Gower 3rd Duke Sutherland (age 63) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Cromartie (age 41) succeeded 4th Duke Sutherland, 5th Marquess Stafford, 22nd Earl Sutherland, 6th Earl Gower, 7th Baron Gower, 11th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. [his sister] Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine Duchess of Sutherland (age 24) by marriage Duchess Sutherland.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 16th November 1892 [his son] Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine was born to James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn (age 23) and [his wife] Violet Aline Vyner. He married (1) 27th December 1915 Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm.
On 2nd December 1893 George Greville 4th Earl Warwick 4th Earl Brooke (age 75) died at Warwick Castle [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Francis (age 40) succeeded 5th Earl Warwick, 5th Earl Brooke Warwick Castle, 12th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire. [his half-sister] Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 31) by marriage Countess Warwick.
In 1902 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn (age 32) and Violet Aline Vyner were divorced.
Before 19th November 1902 Arthur Hill 6th Marquess of Downshire (age 31) and Katherine Mary "Kitty" Hare Marchioness Downshire (age 30) were divorced as a consequence of her affair with Joseph Frederick Laycock (age 35). Laycock was also having an affair with [his half-sister] Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 40) with whom he possibly fathered two children: [his nephew] Maynard Greville (age 4) and [his niece] Mercy Greville.
On 20th March 1905 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn (age 36) and Anna Robinson Countess of Rosslyn (age 35) were married.
In 1907 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn (age 37) and Anna Robinson Countess of Rosslyn (age 37) were divorced.
On 8th October 1908 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn (age 39) and Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn (age 21) were married.
On 23rd August 1909 [his son] James Alexander Wedderburn St Clair-Erskine was born to James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn (age 40) and [his wife] Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn (age 22).
On 21st July 1910 [his sister] Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 38) died.
On 27th December 1915 [his son] Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm (age 17) were married at Cairo, Egypt.
On 4th October 1917 [his former wife] Anna Robinson Countess of Rosslyn (age 47) died at Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane, Ward Island, New York.
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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On 18th November 1917 [his son] David Simon St Clair-Erskine was born to James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn (age 48) and [his wife] Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn (age 30).
In 1926 [his son] Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm (age 27) were divorced.
On 4th August 1929 [his son] Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine (age 36) died.
On 8th December 1933 [his mother] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 94) died at Regent's Park. Memorial at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map]
Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy: On 22nd August 1839 she was born to Henry Fitzroy in Salcey Lawn, Northamptonshire and Jane Elizabeth Beauclerk. On 13th October 1860 Charles Henry Maynard and she were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
On 26th July 1938 [his half-sister] Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 76) died.
On 10th August 1939 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn (age 70) died. He was buried at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map].
In 1945 [his former wife] Violet Aline Vyner died.
On 24th February 1975 [his former wife] Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn (age 88) died. She was buried at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map].
Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn: On 24th February 1887 she was born. On 8th October 1908 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn and she were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Father: Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn
James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton 
Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Augustus Fitzroy Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Colonel William Cosby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cosby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Fitzroy 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wrottesley 4th Baronet 
10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Grey Lady Wrottesley 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wrottesley Duchess Grafton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: Henry Fitzroy 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Pigot
Mother: Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of