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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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Ashville Trading Estate Iron Age Settlement, Abingdon, Berkshire, South-Central England, British Isles [Map]

Ashville Trading Estate Iron Age Settlement, Abingdon is in Berkshire.

See: North Court House, Abingdon, St Edmund's Lane, Abingdon, St Mary's Minster Abingdon [Map].

Carbon Date. 1360BC. Late Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: grain; from house gully 13, which enclosed an Iron Age structure.

ID: 15036, C14 ID: HAR 1248 Date BP: 3360 +/- 130, Start Date BP: 3490, End BP: 3230

Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76

Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 970BC. Early Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: grain; from ditch 73, enclosing an Iron Age structure.

ID: 15037, C14 ID: HAR 1249 Date BP: 2970 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 3050, End BP: 2890

Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76

Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 970BC. Early Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: Carbonised grain and charcoal from Feature 73, ditch at Ashville Trading Estate [Map], Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.

ID: 150, C14 ID: HAR-1249 Date BP: 2970 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 2890, End BP: 3050

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 483, OS North: 973

Archaeologist Name: M Parrington

Reference Name: Counc Brit Archaeol Res Rep, 28, 1978, 39

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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Carbon Date. 470BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: grain; from pit 60 (Iron Age).

ID: 15035, C14 ID: HAR 1247 Date BP: 2470 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2540, End BP: 2400

Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76

Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 470BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: Carbonised grain and charcoal from Feature 60, pit at Ashville Trading Estate [Map], Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.

ID: 151, C14 ID: HAR-1247 Date BP: 2470 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2400, End BP: 2540

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 483, OS North: 973

Archaeologist Name: M Parrington

Reference Name: Counc Brit Archaeol Res Rep, 28, 1978, 39

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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Carbon Date. 170BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: grain; from pit 37 which was Iron Age and the earliest stratigraphic feature on the site, cut by feature 13 (HAR-1248 and HAR-1333).

ID: 15034, C14 ID: HAR 1100 Date BP: 2170 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2240, End BP: 2100

Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76

Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 170BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: Carbonised grain from Feature 37, pit at Ashville Trading Estate [Map], Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.

ID: 152, C14 ID: HAR-1100 Date BP: 2170 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2100, End BP: 2240

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 483, OS North: 973

Archaeologist Name: M Parrington

Reference Name: Counc Brit Archaeol Res Rep, 28, 1978, 39

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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Carbon Date. 50BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: animal bone; from ditch 32 (Iron Age).

ID: 15038, C14 ID: HAR 1332 Date BP: 2050 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2120, End BP: 1980

Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76

Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 50BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: Animal bone from Feature 32, house gully at Ashville Trading Estate [Map], Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.

ID: 153, C14 ID: HAR-1332 Date BP: 2050 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 1980, End BP: 2120

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 483, OS North: 973

Archaeologist Name: M Parrington

Reference Name: Counc Brit Archaeol Res Rep, 28, 1978, 39

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

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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Carbon Date. 100. Late Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: Animal bone from Feature 392, ditch at Ashville Trading Estate [Map], Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.

ID: 154, C14 ID: HAR-1334 Date BP: 1900 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 1810, End BP: 1990

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 483, OS North: 973

Archaeologist Name: M Parrington

Reference Name: Counc Brit Archaeol Res Rep, 28, 1978, 39

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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Carbon Date. 100. Late Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: animal bone; from Iron Age ditch 392, which is stratigraphically later than house gully 13 (HAR-1248 and HAR-1333).

ID: 15040, C14 ID: HAR 1334 Date BP: 1900 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 1990, End BP: 1810

Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76

Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 130. Late Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: Animal bone from Feature 13A, house gully at Ashville Trading Estate [Map], Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.

ID: 155, C14 ID: HAR-1333 Date BP: 1870 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 1790, End BP: 1950

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 483, OS North: 973

Archaeologist Name: M Parrington

Reference Name: Counc Brit Archaeol Res Rep, 28, 1978, 39

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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Carbon Date. 130. Late Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: animal bone; from house gully 13 (sample submitted as a check on HAR-1248); this feature cuts pit 37 (HAR-1100), but is stratigraphically earlier than ditch 392 (HAR-1334).

ID: 15039, C14 ID: HAR 1333 Date BP: 1870 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 1950, End BP: 1790

Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76

Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

North Court House, Abingdon, Ashville Trading Estate Iron Age Settlement, Berkshire, South-Central England, British Isles

On 26th October 1878 Theresa Stourton Baroness Arundel Wardour [aged 66] died at North Court House, Abingdon.

St Edmund's Lane, Abingdon, Ashville Trading Estate Iron Age Settlement, Berkshire, South-Central England, British Isles

On 20th November 1174 Archbishop Edmund Rich was born at St Edmund's Lane, Abingdon.