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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William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle was born to [his father] William Forz 2nd Earl Albemarle and [his mother] Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex.
On 20th August 1179 [his grandfather] William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York [age 78] died. His daughter [his mother] Hawise succeeded 2nd Countess Albemarle. Earl York extinct. The succession of the Earldom of York is somewhat unclear; it may have been created for life only, or for male succession only.
In 1180 William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale and [his mother] Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He by marriage Count Aumale. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York and [his grandmother] Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York [age 42]. He the son of Geoffrey Mandeville 1st Earl Essex and Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford.
After 3rd July 1190 [his father] William Forz 2nd Earl Albemarle and [his mother] Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex were married. He by marriage Earl Albemarle 1C 1127. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York and [his grandmother] Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York.
In 1195 [his father] William Forz 2nd Earl Albemarle died.
After 1195 Baldwin Béthune Count Aumale [age 37] and [his mother] Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York and [his grandmother] Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York.
On 11th March 1214 [his mother] Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex died. Her son William succeeded 3rd Earl Albemarle 1C 1127.
In September 1214 [his brother-in-law] William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke [age 24] and [his half-sister] Alice Béthune Countess Pembroke were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of Baldwin Béthune Count Aumale and [his mother] Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex. He the son of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [age 68] and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke [age 42].
Before 1215 [his half-sister] Alice Béthune Countess Pembroke was murdered.
On 15th June 1215 King John of England [age 48] met with his Baron's at Runnymede [Map] where he agreed to the terms of the Magna Carta which attempted to reduce the King's authority through political reform. Those who signed as surety included:
Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk [age 71]
his son Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk [age 33]
Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford [age 39]
Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford [age 62]
his son Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford [age 35]
[his former brother-in-law] William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke [age 25]
William Mowbray 6th Baron Thirsk [age 42]
Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester [age 45]
Robert Ros [age 43], Richard Percy 5th Baron Percy Topcliffe [age 45]
Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford [age 50]
Eustace Vesci [age 46]
John Fitzrobert 3rd Baron Warkworth [age 25]
John Lacy Earl Lincoln [age 23].
William de Albini [age 64], Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex [age 24]
William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle
William Hardell
William Huntingfield
William Llanvallei
William Malet 1st Baron Curry Mallet
Roger Montbegon, Richard Montfichet
Geoffrey Saye [age 60] signed as surety the Magna Carta.
Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln [age 45] witnessed.
Before 1234 William Forz 4th Earl Albemarle and Christiana Galloway were married. He the son of William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle and Aveline Montfichet.
Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris.
April 1236. About the same time, several nobles and powerful men from the various provinces of the West, namely from Galloway, the Isle of Man, and parts of Ireland, assembled at the instance of Hugh de Lacy [age 60], whose daughter had been married to Alan of Galloway, lately deceased, and they all united together for the purpose of restoring Galloway to the illegitimate son of the aforesaid Alan, and of annulling by force the just disposition made by the king of Scots [age 37], who had distributed the inheritance amongst the three daughters of Alan, to whom it belonged by hereditary right. In order, therefore, to revoke and annul his distribution, and to restore the territory to the aforesaid Thomas, or to the son of Thomas, Alan's brother, or at least to one of that family, these presumptuous chiefs flew to arms, and, bursting forth into insolence, endeavoured to free themselves from the authority of the king. And in order to bring their attempts to the desired result, they entered into a strange kind of treaty, by means of a certain mode of divination, yet according to an abominable custom of their ancestors. For all these barbarians and their chiefs and magistrates drew blood from a vein near the heart, and poured it into a large cup, they then stirred and mixed it up, and afterwards, drinking to one another, quaffed it off, as a token that they were from that time forth allied by an indissoluble and, as it were, kindred treaty, and indivisible both in prosperity and adversity, even at the risk of their heads. They therefore provoked the king and the kingdom to war, burning their own houses and those of their neighbours, that the king, when he arrived, might not find either shelter or food for his army, and indulged in rapine and incendiarism, heaping injury on injury. On hearing of this, the king of Scotland collected his forces from all quarters, and, marching to meet them, drew up his forces in order and engaged them in open battle; and the fortune of war turning against the Galwegians, they were put to flight, and the royal troops, pursuing them at the sword's point, slew many thousands of them, and those who were taken alive by the king and his soldiers were put to an ignominious death without any chance of ransoming themselves. Some threw themselves on the king's mercy, and were consigned to close imprisonment by him till he could consult as to what should be done with them, and all of them, together with their descendants, he, not without good reason, disinherited. Having gained this victory the king glorified God, the lord of armies, and listening to good counsel, he sent word to Roger de Quincy [age 41], earl of Winchester, John Baliol [age 28], and William, the son of the earl of Albemarle, that, as they had married the three sisters, the daughters of Alan of Galloway, they might now, as the disturbances were quelled, hold peaceable possession of the rights pertaining to them. This battle took place in the month of April, the fortune of war favouring the king of Scots.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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Before 26th March 1242 William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle and Aveline Montfichet were married. He the son of William Forz 2nd Earl Albemarle and Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex.
On 26th March 1242 William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle died. His son William succeeded 4th Earl Albemarle 1C 1127.
[his son] William Forz 4th Earl Albemarle was born to William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle and Aveline Montfichet. He married (1) before 1234 Christiana Galloway (2) 1248 Isabella Redvers 8th Countess Devon and Albemarle, daughter of Baldwin Redvers 6th Earl Devon and Amice Clare Countess Devon, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Kings Scotland: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Father: William Forz 2nd Earl Albemarle
William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle
Great x 4 Grandfather: Odo Blois II Count Blois 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois
Great x 2 Grandfather: Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adele Unknown
Great x 1 Grandfather: Stephen Blois Count Aumale
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu
GrandFather: William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ranulph Mortimer 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hawise Mortimer Countess Aumale
Mother: Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Duncan I of Scotland 
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Malcolm III of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Duncan II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ingibiorg Finnsdottir Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: William FitzDuncan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gospatrick Earl Northumbria
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ethelreda of Northumbria
GrandMother: Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York