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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Wroxeter, Shropshire is in Shropshire.
Watling Street was a major Roman Road that travels from the Kent ports broadly north-west through London and St Albans, Hertfordshire [Map] to Viroconium Cornoviorum [Map]. Significant parts of Watling Street remain now being known as the A5.
Welsh Border Road describes an unamed Roman Road, and unnumbered by Margery, that went from Caerleon [Map] to Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map], passing through Usk, Monmouthshire [Map], Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [Map], Hereford [Map], Mortimer's Cross, Herefordshire [Map], Wigmore, Herefordshire [Map] and Leintwardine Bridge, Herefordshire [Map] where it crosses the River Teme just after its convergence with the River Clun.
Around 200AD. Bravinium Roman Station [Map] on the XII Antonine Iter, 22 M.P. from Magnis (Kenchester) and 27 M.P. from Uriconium (Wroxeter [Map]). The Roman site forms a roughly rectangular area with an internal extent of about 10 acres, formerly enclosed by earth banks but these are now partly obliterated by the village which occupies much of the area.
On 23rd February 1620 Andrew Newport was born to Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport [aged 32] and Frances Leveson Baroness Gower at Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map].
On 23rd February 1620 Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford was born to Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport [aged 32] and Frances Leveson Baroness Gower at Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map]. He married 28th April 1642 Diana Russell Countess Bradford, daughter of Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford and Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford, and had issue.
On 27th May 1719 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington [aged 64] died without issue. Baron Torrington of Torrington in Devon extinct. He was buried at Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map].
The River Severn rises on Plynlimon [Map] after which it passes Llanidloes [Map], Caersws [Map], Welshpool [Map], Crew Green [Map], Shrawardine, Shropshire [Map], Shrewsbury, Shropshire [Map], Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map], Coalport, Shropshire [Map], Bridgnorth, Shropshire [Map], Bewdley, Worcestershire [Map], Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire [Map] to Worcester, Worcestershire [Map]
From Worcester the rivers flows through Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire [Map] to Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [Map] where it is joined by the Warwickshire River Avon, Gloucester [Map] becoming the Severn Estuary around Thornwell, Monmouthshire [Map].
On 3rd March 1582 Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury was born to Richard Herbert [aged 25] and Magdalen Newport at Eyton on Severn, Wroxeter. He married 28th February 1599 his fourth cousin once removed Mary Herbert Baroness Herbert Chirbury and had issue.
St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter is also in Churches in Shropshire.
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On 15th May 1555 Thomas Bromley died. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map].
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 12th September 1570 Richard Newport [aged 60] died. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map].
On 1st October 1708 Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [deceased] was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map].
On 13th June 1723 Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford [aged 78] died at Soho Square [Map]. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map]. His son Henry [aged 40] succeeded 3rd Earl Bradford, 3rd Viscount Newport of Bradford in Shropshire, 4th Baron Newport of High Ercall in Shropshire.
Thomas Newport was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map].
Margaret Bromley was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map].
Anne Corbet was born to Robert Corbet and Elizabeth Vernon. She was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map]. She married Thomas Newport and had issue.
Watling Street 1h Wall to Wroxeter. From Letocetum, Staffordshire [Map] aka Wall Watling Street travels through Muckley Corner, Staffordshire [Map], Brownhills West, Staffordshire [Map], Norton Canes, Staffordshire [Map], Four Crosses, Staffordshire [Map], Gailey, Staffordshire [Map], Pennocrucium, Staffordshire [Map], Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire [Map], Uxacona, Staffordshire [Map], Oakengates, Shropshire [Map], Ketley, Shropshire [Map], Overley Hill, Shropshire [Map] ending at Viroconium Cornoviorum [Map] aka Wroxeter.