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: Cholmondeley
Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley and Ann Dorman were married.
After 1475 [his father] Richard Cholmondeley and Eleanor Dutton were married.
before 1513 [his father] Richard Cholmondeley (age 37) and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Brereton (age 7) were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.
In 1513 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley was born to [his father] Richard Cholmondeley (age 38).
In 1518 [his father] Richard Cholmondeley (age 43) died.
In 1542 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 29) was knighted by Henry VIII (age 50).
In 1552 [his son] Hugh "The Younger" Cholmondeley was born to Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 39) and Ann Dorman. He married 1575 Mary Holford and had issue.
In 1569 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 56) was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Cheshire.
After 1st July 1573 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 60) and Mary Griffith were married.
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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In 1575 [his son] Hugh "The Younger" Cholmondeley (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Holford (age 12) were married.
In 1579 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 66) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Cheshire.
In 1582 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 69) was appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire.
On 26th June 1584 [his son] Robert Cholmondeley 1st Earl Leinster was born to Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 71) and [his wife] Mary Griffith at Crouchend Highgate. He married 1610 Catherine Stanhope Countess Leinster, daughter of John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope and Margaret Macwilliams Baroness Stanhope.
In 1585 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 72) was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Cheshire.
In 1587 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 74) was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Cheshire.
On 6th January 1597 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 84) died. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map] on 31st July 1607.
1605. St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map]. Monument to Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley and his second wife [his wife] Mary Griffith. Stuart Period. She wearing a Bongrace. Chrisom Child.
In Latin, round the edge of the tomb - "Hugh Chalmondeley of Chalmondeley the elder, Knight, Vice-Warden of the Welsh Marches, six times Sheriff died in his 83rd year AD 15961, and in this earth is buried. Also his son and heir [his son] Hugh Chalmondeley, Knight attaining the age of 50 departed this life AD 1601 and lies here. Also his2 wife [his former daughter-in-law] Mary (age 42) who after the death of her husband, on account of her very dear affection for him, for love of him had this monument erected in AD 1605"
Hugo Cholmundeley de Cholmundeley. senior, miles, Walliæ de Marg' vice p'ses, sextus vicecomes, mortem obiit, ao ætatis suæ 83 a° d'ni 1596, et hac humo sepelitur; filiusq' heres ejus Hugo Cholmundeley miles, annum agens 50, diem clausit ultimum, a° domini 1601; et hic jacet, uxorque ejus do'i'a Maria, quæ post viri obitum propter charum illius in se amorem hoc erigi fecit monumentum a° do'i. 1605.
The amorials above the children appear to be Venables and Grosvenor. Hugh "The Younger" Cholmondeley daughters [his granddaughter] Frances (age 3) and [his granddaughter] Lettice (age 20) married [his grandson-in-law] Peter Venables Baron Kinderton and [his grandson-in-law] Richard Grosvenor 1st Baronet (age 19) respectively, suggesting the effigies may be Hugh "The Younger" Cholmondeley and Mary Holford.
Note 1. 1596 before the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar; adjused to 1597.
Note 2. Hugh the Younger's wife Mary Holford.
Randall Brereton and Mary Griffith were married.