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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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Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave 1302-1382

Paternal Family Tree: Musgrave

Around 1302 Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave was born to Thomas Musgrave [aged 22] at Great Musgrave Musgrave.

On 21st August 1321 [his father] Thomas Musgrave [aged 41] died at Great Musgrave Musgrave.

Before 1329 Robert Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford [aged 23] and [his future wife] Isabel Berkeley Baroness Clifford Baroness Musgrave [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Baroness de Clifford. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.

Around 1335 [his son] Thomas Musgrave was born to Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave [aged 33] and [his wife] Margaret Ros Baroness Musgrave [aged 37] at Hartley Castle [Map]. He married before 1409 Elizabeth Fitzwilliam.

Around 1335 Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave [aged 33] and Margaret Ros Baroness Musgrave [aged 37] were married. She by marriage Baroness Musgrave.

After 20th May 1344 Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave [aged 42] and Isabel Berkeley Baroness Clifford Baroness Musgrave [aged 37] were married. She by marriage Baroness Musgrave.

On 25th November 1350 Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave [aged 48] was created 1st Baron Musgrave by summons to Parliament by writ.

In 1355 [his son] Richard Musgrave was born to Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave [aged 53] and [his wife] Margaret Ros Baroness Musgrave [aged 57] at Musgrave. He married Elizabeth Wollaston and had issue.

On 17th October 1357 [his wife] Margaret Ros Baroness Musgrave [aged 59] died at Great Musgrave Musgrave.

Funeral of William Greystoke

After 10th July 1359 William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke [deceased] was buried at St Andrew's Church, Greystoke [Map]. The service was conducted by Bishop Gilbert Welton and attended by [his step-son] Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford [aged 26], Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham [aged 46] and Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave [aged 57].

On 25th July 1362 [his wife] Isabel Berkeley Baroness Clifford Baroness Musgrave [aged 55] died at Hartley Castle [Map].

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Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and II Volume 2

The Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and Edward II, Volume 2, comprising A Sorrowful Commendation on King Edward, the Life of Edward II by a Monk of Bridlington, Life of Edward II by a Monk of Malmesbury and Life of Edward by Thomas de la More, presents a rich collection of medieval English chronicles illuminating the political, military, ecclesiastical and social upheavals of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. The volume offers contemporary and near-contemporary accounts of the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, a period marked by war with Scotland, conflict between Crown and nobility, disputes over royal government, ecclesiastical tensions, rebellion, deposition and civil violence. Particular attention is given to the struggle surrounding Piers Gaveston, Thomas of Lancaster and the Despensers, as well as the turbulent final years of Edward II and the political circumstances that shaped the early reign of Edward III. These chronicles are especially valuable for their vivid narrative detail. They preserve speeches, political arguments, descriptions of battles and executions, accounts of parliaments and royal councils, reports of diplomatic missions, ecclesiastical controversies, prodigies and natural events, and contemporary judgements on the conduct of kings, magnates and churchmen. Written from differing institutional and regional perspectives, the texts reveal not only what happened but how medieval observers interpreted events, often through ideas of divine judgement, legitimate kingship, loyalty, treason and moral retribution. An important primary-source collection for readers interested in Edward I, Edward II, medieval politics, the Scottish wars, the baronial opposition, the fall of Edward II, church history and fourteenth-century England, Volume 2 provides an indispensable window into one of the most turbulent periods of the English Middle Ages.

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Around 1378 Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave [aged 76] was defeated by the Soots, and (with his son [Thomas Musgrave [aged 43]]) taken prisoner but was released, alter having prevailed on John Nevill and others to beonne bound for his ransom, which he subsequently refused to discharge.

Around 1381 Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave [aged 79] was imprisoned on the orders of King Richard II for having failed to homour his ransom. Baron Musgrave forfeit. Possibly. None of his descendants were summoned to Parliament, or advanced any claim so to be.

After 1382 Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave [deceased] died at Kirkby Stephen [Map].

[his daughter] Elizabeth Musgrave was born to Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave and Isabel Berkeley Baroness Clifford Baroness Musgrave. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.

Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave 1302-1382

Ancestors of Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave 1302-1382