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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Gentlemen is in Royal Household.
The London Gazette 21239. St. James's-Palace, February 27, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John William [aged 40], Earl of Sandwich, to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of Thomas Henry [aged 43], Lord Foley, resigned.
The London Gazette 21397. St. James's-Palace, December 30, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Henry Lord Foley [aged 44] to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of John-William [aged 41], Earl of Sandwich, resigned.
The London Gazette 25488. St. James's Palace, July 6, 1885. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint George William [aged 47], Earl of Coventry, to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, in the room of Charles Robert, Lord Carrington, G.C.M.G., resigned.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint George Florance, Lord Boston, to be one of Her Majesty's Lords in Waiting in Ordinary, in the room of Charles Douglas Richard [aged 45], Lord Sudeley, resigned.
The London Gazette 25558. St. James's Palace, February 10, 1886. THE Queen has been pleased to make the following appointments in Her Majesty's Household:— .
Valentine Augustus [aged 60], Earl of Kenmare, K.P., to be Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Edward [aged 48], Earl of Lathom, resigned.
Charles Douglas Richard [aged 45], Lord Sudeley to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of George William [aged 47], Earl of Coventry, resigned.
William John, Lord Monson to be Captain of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of George William [aged 61], Viscount Barrington, resigned.
The Honourable Charles Robert Spencer [aged 28], M.P., to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of Sir Henry Fletcher [aged 50], Bart., M.P., resigned.
Around 1509 William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl of Southampton [aged 19] was appointed Gentleman Usher.
Around 1510 John Gostwick [aged 30] was appointed Gentleman Usher to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 18].
by 1522 Edward Littleton [aged 17] was appointed Gentleman Usher. Around the same time he was appointed Constable of Stafford Castle.
In 1795 Thomas Brooke-Pechell 2nd Baronet [aged 41] was appointed Gentleman Usher to Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [aged 50].
In 1822 William Pole Tylney Long Wellesley 4th Earl Mornington [aged 33] was appointed Gentleman Usher.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 5th December 1698 Admiral David Mitchell [aged 48] was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
On 25th July 1832 Augustus Clifford 1st Baronet [aged 44] was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod by his half-brother William Cavendish 6th Duke Devonshire [aged 42] which office he held for life.
Before 1542 Philip Hoby [aged 36] was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber.
Before 1619 Thomas Stafford [aged 44] was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber.
In 1629 James Palmer [aged 43] was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber.
Before 1st July 1690 Henry Hobart 4th Baronet [aged 33] was appointed Gentleman of the Horse to King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 39].
In 1527 Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys [aged 29] was appointed Gentleman of the King's Chamber.
In or before 1521 Francis Bryan [aged 30] was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber.
In 1539 Maurice Berkeley [aged 33] was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 47].
In 1547 Maurice Berkeley [aged 41] was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Edward VI of England and Ireland [aged 9].
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 1660 Charles Wheler 2nd Baronet [aged 40] was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber.
In June 1660 Thomas Ingram [aged 45] was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber.
In 1455 Thomas Tresham [aged 35] was appointed Usher of the King's Chamber.