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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On 29th March 1769 Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham was born to [her father] Joseph Denison [aged 43].
On 22nd May 1787 Francis Burton aka Conyngham 2nd Baron Conyngham [aged 62] died. His son [her future husband] Henry [aged 20] succeeded 3rd Baron Conyngham.
In 1793 [her brother-in-law] Robert Lawley 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 25] and [her sister] Anna Maria Denison Baroness Wenlock [aged 22] were married. There was no issue from the marriage.
On 5th July 1794 Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 27] and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 25] were married.
On 11th June 1797 [her son] Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham was born to [her husband] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 30] and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 28]. He married 23rd April 1824 Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham, daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll, and had issue.
On 16th February 1799 [her daughter] Elizabeth Conyngham was born to [her husband] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 32] and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 29]. She married 2nd March 1826 Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly, son of George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly and Catherine Anne Cope.
On 21st October 1805 [her son] Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough was born to [her husband] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 38] and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 36]. He married (1) 6th July 1833 Henrietta Maria Weld-Forester, daughter of Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester and Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester, and had issue (2) 21st December 1847 Ursula Lucy Grace Bridgeman and had issue.
On 12th December 1806 [her father] Joseph Denison [aged 80] died.
In January 1816 [her husband] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 49] was created 1st Marquess Conyngham in Donegal. Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 46] by marriage Marchioness Conyngham in Donegal.
Around 1819 Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 49] replaced Isabella Anne Ingram Marchioness Hertford [aged 59] as the mistress of King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 56].
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 23rd April 1824 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham [aged 26] and Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 55] and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 49]. He the son of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 57] and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 55].
On 2nd March 1826 [her son-in-law] Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly [aged 34] and Elizabeth Conyngham [aged 27] were married. She the daughter of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 59] and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 56]. He the son of George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly [aged 64] and Catherine Anne Cope [aged 55].
Before 1830. Thomas Lawrence [aged 60]. Portrait of Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 60].
Greville Memoirs. 21st July 1830. I came and established myself here last night after the Duchess of Bedford's ball. Lady Bathurst [aged 64] told me that the Queen spoke to her yesterday morning about the King's walk and being followed, and said that for the future he must walk early in the morning, or in some less public place, so there are hopes that his activity may be tamed. He sent George Fitzclarence off from dinner in his silk stockings and cocked hat to Boulogne to invite the King of Würtemberg to come here; he was back in fifty-six hours, and might have been in less. He employs him in everything, and I heard Fitzclarence yesterday ask the Duke of Leeds for two of his father's horses to ride about on his jobs and relieve his own, which the Duke agreed to, but made a wry face. [her husband] Mount Charles [aged 63] has refused to be Lord of the Bedchamber; his wife [aged 61] can't bear it, and he doesn't like to go to Windsor under such altered circumstances. I hardly ever record the scandalous stories of the day, unless they relate to characters or events, but what relates to public men is different from the loves and friendships of the idiots of society.
In 1831 [her brother-in-law] Robert Lawley 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 63] was created 1st Baron Wenlock of Wenlock in Shropshire. [her sister] Anna Maria Denison Baroness Wenlock [aged 60] by marriage Baroness Wenlock of Wenlock in Shropshire.
On 22nd December 1832 [her son-in-law] William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney [aged 30] and Maria Harriet Conyngham were married. She the daughter of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 65] and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 63].
On 28th December 1832 [her husband] Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 66] died. His son Francis [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Marquess Conyngham in Donegal, 4th Baron Conyngham, 2nd Baron Minster of Minster Abbey in Kent. Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham [aged 34] by marriage Marchioness Conyngham in Donegal.
On 6th July 1833 Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough [aged 27] and Henrietta Maria Weld-Forester were married. He the son of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 64].
In 1839 [her daughter] Elizabeth Conyngham [aged 39] died.
On 3rd December 1843 [her daughter] Maria Harriet Conyngham died.
On 21st December 1847 Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough [aged 42] and Ursula Lucy Grace Bridgeman [aged 24] were married. He the son of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 78].
On 20th August 1850 [her sister] Anna Maria Denison Baroness Wenlock [aged 79] died.
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 15th January 1860 Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough [aged 54] died. His son William [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Baron Londesborough of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
On 11th October 1861 Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 92] died.
[her daughter] Maria Harriet Conyngham was born to Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham. She married 22nd December 1832 William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney, son of Marcus Somerville 4th Baronet and Mary Anne Gorges-Meredyth, and had issue.