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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Gawthorpe Hall is in Harewood.
Around 1350 William Gascoigne was born to William Gascoigne VII [aged 50] and Agnes Frank [aged 25] at Gawthorpe Hall [Map]. He married (1) before 1396 Elizabeth Mowbray and had issue (2) after 1396 Joan Pickering and had issue.
Around 1366 William Gascoigne was born to William Gascoigne [aged 16] and Elizabeth Mowbray [aged 16] at Gawthorpe Hall [Map].
Around 1370 Joan Pickering was born to William Pickering at Gawthorpe Hall [Map]. She married after 1396 William Gascoigne and had issue.
Around 1409 William Gascoigne XII was born to William Gascoigne [aged 43] at Gawthorpe Hall [Map]. He married 7th February 1426 Margaret Clarell Lady of the Garter and had issue.
On 17th December 1419 William Gascoigne [aged 69] died at Gawthorpe Hall [Map]. He was buried at All Saints Church Harewood [Map] with his wife Elizabeth Mowbray. He in judges robes with a gypciere. She wearing an elaborate Crespine Headress.
Elizabeth Mowbray: In 1350 she was born to Alexander Mowbray. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. Before 1396 William Gascoigne and she were married. In 1396 Elizabeth Mowbray died.
On 28th March 1422 William Gascoigne [aged 56] died at Gawthorpe Hall [Map].
Around 1452 William Gascoigne was born to William Gascoigne XIII [aged 22] and Joan Neville [aged 18] at Gawthorpe Hall [Map]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 1467 his half second cousin once removed Margaret Percy, daughter of Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland, and had issue.
In 1463 William Gascoigne XIII [aged 33] died at Gawthorpe Hall [Map].
Around 1465 William Gascoigne XII [aged 56] died at Gawthorpe Hall [Map]. All Saints Church Harewood [Map].
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1480 William Gascoigne [aged 28] received a license to crenellate at Gawthorpe Hall [Map].
In 1486 Joan Neville [aged 52] died at Gawthorpe Hall [Map].
On 12th March 1487 William Gascoigne [aged 35] died at Gawthorpe Hall [Map]. All Saints Church Harewood [Map]. Monument to William Gascoigne and Margaret Percy [aged 40]. Fluted Period. Alabaster chest tomb with a fine array of weepers, possibly their children although too many, women one side, nine men the other, one of which appears with angels wings, possible children and spouses. He wearing a Lancastrian Esses Collar with unusual O links. Clean shaved, no bascinet, his head resting on a helm with bulls head crest. His armour plate over which there appears to be, unusually for the period, a tabard. The left hand side of his face appears disfigured. Possibly a war wound. She wearing the widow's barbe. Note. Gardner describes this monument as being to Sir John Nevill of Womersley, died 1482. Chest with Weepers. Chest with Angels with Rounded Wings holding Shields. Angels Supporting Pillow.
William Gascoigne: Around 1452 he was born to William Gascoigne XIII and Joan Neville at Gawthorpe Hall [Map]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. Before 1467 William Gascoigne and Margaret Percy were married. She the daughter of Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. In 1478 he was appointed Knight of the Bath. In 1480 William Gascoigne received a license to crenellate at Gawthorpe Hall [Map].
Margaret Percy: Around 1447 she was born to Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1510 William Gascoigne was born to William Gascoigne [aged 15] and Margaret Fitzwilliam [aged 15] at Gawthorpe Hall [Map]. He married before 1538 Beatrice Tempest and had issue.
Around 1549 Margaret Gascoigne was born to William Gascoigne [aged 39] and Beatrice Tempest [aged 27] at Gawthorpe Hall [Map]. She married in or before 1568 her third cousin Thomas Wentworth and had issue.
In 1552 Thomas Gascoigne [aged 28] died at Gawthorpe Hall [Map].
In 1571 William Gascoigne [aged 61] died at Gawthorpe Hall [Map].
Around 1735 Henry Lascelles [aged 45] returned to England from Barbados and purchased the manors of Gawthorpe [Map] and Harewood [Map] in Yorkshire and obtained lucrative government contracts to victual British troops and wounded seamen in Jamaica, Barbados and the Leeward Isles. Using the contacts he made, he financed slave ships through Lascelles and Maxwell and offered loans and mortgages to Barbados plantation owners.
On 22nd December 1749 Richard Shuttleworth [aged 66] died. His son James Shuttleworth [aged 35] inherited Gawthorpe Hall [Map]
On 13th September 1785 Robert Shuttleworth was born at Gawthorpe Hall [Map].
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 9th November 1817 Janet Shuttleworth was born to Robert Shuttleworth [aged 32] and Janet Marjoribanks [aged 21] at Gawthorpe Hall [Map]. She married 24th February 1842 James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth 1st Baronet and had issue.
On 6th March 1818 Robert Shuttleworth [aged 32] died at Gawthorpe Hall [Map].