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: Spencer
On 1st June 1954 [her father] John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 30] and [her mother] Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer [aged 18] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. He the son of [her grandfather] Albert Edward John Spencer 7th Earl Spencer [aged 62] and [her grandmother] Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton Countess Spencer [aged 57].
On 1st July 1961 Diana Spencer Princess Wales was born to John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 37] and Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer [aged 25] at Park House, Sandringham Estate. She was baptised on 30th August 1961 by Bishop Percy Herbert [aged 76] at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Sandringham.
On 9th June 1975 [her grandfather] Albert Edward John Spencer 7th Earl Spencer [aged 83] died. His son [her father] John [aged 51] succeeded 8th Earl Spencer, 8th Viscount Althorp, 8th Viscount Spencer, 8th Baron Spencer Althorp. [her mother] Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer [aged 39] by marriage Countess Spencer.
In 1976 [her father] John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 51] and [her step-mother] Raine McCorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer [aged 46] were married. She by marriage Countess Spencer. He the son of [her grandfather] Albert Edward John Spencer 7th Earl Spencer and [her grandmother] Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton Countess Spencer.
On 20th April 1978 [her brother-in-law] Robert Fellows [aged 37] and Jane Spencer [aged 21] were married at the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks. Her sister Diana [aged 16] attended as bridesmaid. She the daughter of John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 54] and Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer [aged 42].
On 29th July 1981 Prince Charles [aged 32] and Diana Spencer Princess Wales [aged 20] were married at St Paul's Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Princess of Wales. She the daughter of John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 57] and Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer [aged 45]. He the son of Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [aged 60] and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [aged 55].
On 21st June 1982 [her son] William Prince of Wales was born to [her husband] King Charles III [aged 33] and Diana Spencer Princess Wales [aged 20]. He a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. He married 29th April 2011 Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales.
On 15th September 1984 [her son] Prince Harry Windsor Duke Sussex was born to [her husband] King Charles III [aged 35] and Diana Spencer Princess Wales [aged 23]. He a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
North Transept, St Albans Cathedral. On 26th September 1989 the North Window by Alan Younger, 1933–2004, was unveiled by H.R.H. The Princess of Wales [aged 28]. It was the gift of Laporte plc.
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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On 29th March 1992 [her father] John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 68] died. His son [her brother] Charles [aged 27] succeeded 9th Earl Spencer, 9th Viscount Althorp, 9th Viscount Spencer, 9th Baron Spencer Althorp. [her sister-in-law] Catherine Lockwood Countess Spencer [aged 26] by marriage Countess Spencer.
On 31st August 1997 Diana Spencer Princess Wales [aged 36] died at Pitié-Salpetrière Hospital. She was buried at Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Map].
On 9th April 2005 [her husband] Prince Charles [aged 56] and Queen Consort Camilla Shand [aged 57] were married at Windsor Guildhall. He the son of [her father-in-law] Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [aged 83] and [her mother-in-law] Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [aged 78].
Kings Wessex: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Spencer 4th Earl Spencer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Smith Countess Lucan
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Robert Spencer 6th Earl Spencer 5 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Seymour-Conway 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Horace Beauchamp Seymour-Conway 3 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Horatia Waldegrave 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Horatia Seymour-Conway Countess Spencer 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lawrence Palk 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Malet Palk 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughan 
13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Albert Edward John Spencer 7th Earl Spencer 6 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Baring 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Baring
Great x 4 Grandmother: Harriet Herring Lady Baring
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Baring 1st Baron Revelstoke
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bingham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Matilda Bingham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Baring Countess Spencer 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Crocker Bulteel
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel Baroness Revelstoke 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey 
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby Countess Grey 
13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Father: John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer 7 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Hamilton 9 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn 10 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Hamilton 2nd Duke of Abercorn 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Russell 6th Duke Bedford 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Albert Edward Hamilton 3rd Duke of Abercorn 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Penn Curzon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Anna Curzon Howe Duchess Abercorn 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Gore
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Gore Countess Howe 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Georgiana Montagu 
15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton Countess Spencer 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Charles Bingham 3rd Earl Lucan 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk 
13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles George Bingham 4th Earl Lucan 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Brudenell Countess Lucan 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham Duchess Abercorn 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King James IV of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox Countess Lucan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey 
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Diana Spencer Princess Wales 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Roche
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Roche 1st Baron Fermoy
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Roche 3rd Baron Fermoy 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boothby 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Brownell Boothby 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Caroline Boothby 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
GrandFather: Maurice Roche 4th Baron Fermoy 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Franklin H Work
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Ellen Work Lady Fermoy
Mother: Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Colonel William Smith Gill
GrandMother: Ruth Sylvia Gill Baroness Fermoy