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: Lowry-Corry
On 7th April 1740 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore was born to [his father] Galbraith Lowry aka Lowry-Corry.
In November 1763 [his brother-in-law] William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen [aged 27] and [his sister] Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen [aged 21] were married.
In 1768 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 27] was elected MP Tyrone which seat he held until 1781.
Around 1771. Robert Hunter [aged 51]. Portrait of Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 30].
On 3rd October 1771 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 31] and Margaret Butler [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh.
On 11th July 1774 [his son] Somerset Lowry-Corry 2nd Earl Belmore was born to Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 34] and [his wife] Margaret Butler [aged 26] at Sackville Street Dublin. He married 20th October 1800 his first cousin Juliana Butler Countess Belmore and had issue.
In April 1775 [his wife] Margaret Butler [aged 27] died.
On 2nd March 1780 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 39] and Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 56] and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire.
The London Gazette 12146. St. James's, 23rd December 1780. The King has been pleased to order Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the Kingdom of Ireland, containing His Majesty's Grants of the Dignity of a Baron of the said Kingdom unto the following Gentlemen, and their Heirs Male, of the Names, Stiles and Titles as undermentioned viz.
James Dennis, Esq; Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland, Baron Tracton, of Tracton Abbey, in the County of Cork.
Sir Robert Tilson Deane, Bart. Baron Muskery, in the County of Cork.
Armar Lowry Corry [aged 40], Esq; Baron Belmore, of Castlecoole, in the County of Fermanagh.
Thomas Knox, Esq; Baron Welles, of Dungannon, in the County of Tyrone.
John Baker Holroyd [aged 45], Esq; Baron Sheffield, of Dunamore, in the County of Meath.
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 3rd April 1781 [his daughter] Louisa Lowry-Corry Countess of Sandwich was born to Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 40] and [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 18]. She married 9th July 1804 George Montagu 6th Earl Sandwich, son of John Montagu 5th Earl Sandwich and Maria Henrietta Powlett, and had issue.
In 1789 [his brother-in-law] William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen [aged 52] was created 1st Earl Enniskillen. [his sister] Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen [aged 47] by marriage Countess Enniskillen.
On 21st February 1789 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 24] and [his sister-in-law] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 65] and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 68] and Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe.
On 6th December 1789 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 49] was created 1st Viscount Belmore of Fermanagh. [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 27] by marriage Viscountess Belmore of Fermanagh.
The London Gazette 13156. 7th December 1789. Dublin-Castle; December 7, 1789.
His Majesty's Royal Letters are received for advancing the following Noblemen respectively to the Dignity of a Viscount of this Kingdom, and Letters Patent are preparing to be pasted under the Great Seal accordingly, viz.
Armor Lowry, Lord Belmore [aged 49], to be Viscount Belmore, of the County of Fermanagh.
Francis Pierpoint, Lord Conyngham [aged 22], [Note. This appears to be a mistake for Henry?] to be Viscount Conyngham, of Slane in the County of Meath.
And Charles, Lord Loftus [aged 51], to be Viscount Loftus, of Ely.
In 1793 [his son] Rear-Admiral Armar Lowry-Corry was born to Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 52] and [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 30].
Before 4th April 1793 the marriage of Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 52] and [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 30] was dissolved by an Act of Parliament. She remarried on 4th April 1793 to William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian [aged 29]. He remarried a year later.
On 4th April 1793 William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian [aged 29] and [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 69] and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian [aged 56] and Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian.
On 3rd August 1793 [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 69] died. His half brother George [aged 61] succeeded 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire, 3rd Baron Hobart, 7th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 54] by marriage Countess Buckinghamshire. [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 31] inherited Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map].
In 1794 Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess Londonderry [aged 24] and [his sister-in-law] Amelia Hobart Marchioness Londonderry [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and Caroline Conolly Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 54] and Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway.
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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On 1st March 1794 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 53] and Mary Anne Caldwell Countess Belmore [aged 38] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Belmore of Fermanagh.
On 4th February 1795 George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 74] died. His son Richard [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe. [his sister-in-law] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 27] by marriage Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.
On 30th November 1797 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 57] was created 1st Earl Belmore in the County of Fermanagh. [his wife] Mary Anne Caldwell Countess Belmore [aged 42] by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh.
On 20th October 1800 Somerset Lowry-Corry 2nd Earl Belmore [aged 26] and Juliana Butler Countess Belmore [aged 17] were married. He the son of Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 60] and Margaret Butler. They were first cousins.
On 2nd February 1802 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 61] died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son Somerset [aged 27] succeeded 2nd Earl Belmore in the County of Fermanagh, Viscount Belmore of Fermanagh and Baron Belmore of Castle Coole in the County of Fermanagh. Juliana Butler Countess Belmore [aged 18] by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh.
On 14th July 1805 [his former wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 43] died.
On 13th December 1841 [his former wife] Mary Anne Caldwell Countess Belmore [aged 86] died.