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: Fitzmaldred aka Neville
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Wychingham 1410-1451
Baron Abergavenny is a complex Barony. When [her father] Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny died in 1587 there was some confusion as to whether the Barony descended in the male and female lines ie heirs general, which is considered to be the valid line, or whether it was constrained to male onle. If the former then Henry's daughter Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer should have inherited, if the latter her cousin Edward Neville should have inherited. In the event Edward Neville and his descendants held the Barony, as well as the second creation Baron Abergavenny. If the claim of Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer was valid, she and her descendants, the Earls of Westmoreland, should have been the Barons of the 1st Creation.
In or before 1554 [her father] Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny [aged 23] and [her mother] Frances Manners Baroness Bergavenny [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Baroness Abergavenny. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland and [her grandmother] Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1554 Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer was born to Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny [aged 24] and Frances Manners Baroness Bergavenny [aged 24].
Around 1564 [her future husband] Thomas Fane [aged 54] and Elizabeth Culpepper [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 36 years.
On 12th December 1574 Thomas Fane [aged 64] and Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer [aged 20] were married at Birling, Kent [Map]. The difference in their ages was 44 years.
In September 1576 [her mother] Frances Manners Baroness Bergavenny [aged 46] died at Birling, Kent [Map].
On 1st February 1580 [her son] Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland was born to [her husband] Thomas Fane [aged 70] and Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer [aged 26]. He married 15th February 1598 Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland and had issue.
In 1581 [her son] George Fane of Burston was born to [her husband] Thomas Fane [aged 71] and Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer [aged 27]. He married (1) September 1607 his fifth cousin once removed Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Robert Spencer 1st Baron Spencer and Margaret Willoughby (2) after 19th November 1618 Anne Boteler and had issue.
On 10th February 1587 [her father] Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny [aged 57] died. His daughter Mary [aged 33] succeeded 7th Baroness Abergavenny, 5th Baroness Abergavenny. The title was, however, was claimed by Edward Neville [aged 61] who was summoned to Parliament in 1604; this is now considered to be a new creation - see Baron Abergavenny. On the same day that Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer was restored to the Baron Despencer as compensaton for her loss if the Abergaveen Barony.
On 12th March 1589 [her husband] Thomas Fane [aged 79] died.
On 15th February 1598 [her son] Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 18] and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 16] 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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On 25th May 1604 Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny [aged 54] was created 1st Baron Abergavenny. Rachel Lennard Baroness Bergavenny [aged 51] by marriage Baroness Abergavenny.
Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer [aged 50] was restored 3rd Baroness Despencer with precedence from the Baroness Despencer.
In September 1607 [her son] George Fane of Burston [aged 26] and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Spencer [aged 17] were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 10th January 1608 the Ben Johnson [aged 36] Masque of Beauty was performed at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map] to celebrate the completion of its refurburbishment. King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 41] attended.
The performers included:
Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland [aged 33].
Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk [aged 23].
Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford [aged 28].
Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby [aged 32].
Susan Vere Countess Montgomery [aged 20].
Lettice Perrot Baroness Chichester [aged 48].
Audrey Shelton Lady Walsingham [aged 39].
Catherine Somerset Baroness Windsor [aged 33].
Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke [aged 17].
Elizabeth Barkham Lady Garrard [aged 15].
Elizabeth Somerset [aged 18].
Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton [aged 30].
Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer [aged 54].
Catherine Somerset Baroness Windsor.
Arabella Stewart [aged 33].
After 19th November 1618 [her son] George Fane of Burston [aged 37] and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Boteler were married.
On 28th June 1626 Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer [aged 72] died. She was buried at Mereworth, Kent. Her son Francis [aged 46] succeeded 4th Baron Despencer, 8th Baron Abergavenny, 6th Baron Abergavenny. Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 44] by marriage Baroness Despencer, Baroness Abergavenny, Baroness Abergavenny.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster 
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny 
5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance York Countess Gloucester 
Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Fenn
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Fenne Baroness Bergavenny
Father: Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham 
Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset 
Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Mary Stafford Baroness Bergavenny 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 
7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury
Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Manners
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes aka Anne Middleton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Manners 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ogle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ogle 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Grey 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft 
6 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Tiptoft Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold St Leger 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St Leger 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas St Leger 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Donet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Donet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne York Duchess Exeter 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Frances Manners Baroness Bergavenny 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paston
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Barry
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paston
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mautby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Mautby
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Brewes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Brewes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Debenham
GrandMother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Heydon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bracton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England