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: Stewart
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Graham Countess Ross
1371 Death of David II of Scotland
1371 Coronation of King Robert II of Scotland
In 1336 [his father] King Robert II of Scotland [aged 19] and Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She had been his mistress for a number of years.
Around 1356 [his father] King Robert II of Scotland [aged 39] and [his mother] Euphemia Ross Queen Consort Scotland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Hugh 4th Earl Ross and [his grandmother] Margaret Graham Countess Ross.
Around 1360 Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness was born to King Robert II of Scotland [aged 43] and Euphemia Ross Queen Consort Scotland. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England.
In 1361 [his half-brother] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany [aged 21] was created 1st Earl Fife. [his future sister-in-law] Margaret Graham 3rd Countess Menteith [aged 27] by marriage Countess Fife.
On 28th September 1361 [his half-brother] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany [aged 21] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Graham 3rd Countess Menteith [aged 27] were married. He by marriage Earl Menteith. See Dispensation. She the daughter of John Graham Earl Menteith and Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar. He the son of [his father] King Robert II of Scotland [aged 45] and Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England.
Around 1367 [his half-brother] King Robert III of Scotland [aged 30] and [his sister-in-law] Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland [aged 17] were married. He the son of [his father] King Robert II of Scotland [aged 50] and Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland.
Before 1371 [his brother-in-law] John Dunbar 1st Earl of Moray [aged 28] and [his half-sister] Marjorie Stewart Countess Moray [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [his father] King Robert II of Scotland [aged 54] and Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of Patrick Dunbar 9th Earl March and Agnes "Black Agnes" Randolph Countess March. They were half third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
On 22nd February 1371 King David II of Scotland [aged 46] died without issue at Edinburgh Castle [Map]. He was buried at Holyrood Abbey [Map]. His nephew [his father] Robert [aged 54] succeeded II King Scotland. He, David, was the last of the male line of the House of Bruce. Robert, the first of the House of Stewart, being the son of his sister [his grandmother] Marjorie Bruce who had married [his grandfather] Walter Stewart 6th High Steward.
On 26th March 1371 [his father] King Robert II of Scotland [aged 55] was crowned King Scotland.
His son [his brother] David Stewart 3rd Earl Strathearn 1st Earl Caithness [aged 15] was created 1st Earl Strathearn on the same day.
In 1374 [his brother-in-law] John Dunbar 1st Earl of Moray [aged 32] was created 4th Earl Moray. [his half-sister] Marjorie Stewart Countess Moray [aged 26] by marriage Countess Moray. He was a nephew of the previous Earl of Moray John Randolph 3rd Earl of Moray who was brother of his mother Isabella Randolph.
After 1378 [his son] David Stewart was born to Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness [aged 18].
In 1381 [his half-brother] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany [aged 41] and [his sister-in-law] Muriella Keith Duchess Albany [aged 23] were married. He the son of [his father] King Robert II of Scotland [aged 64] and Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland.
On 24 or 25th February 1382 [his half-brother] Alexander "The Wolf of Badenoch" Stewart 3rd Earl Buchan [aged 39] and [his sister-in-law] Euphemia 6th Countess of Ross were married. He by marriage Earl Ross. She the daughter of [his uncle] William 5th Earl Ross. He the son of [his father] King Robert II of Scotland [aged 65] and Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England.
Before March 1386 [his brother] David Stewart 3rd Earl Strathearn 1st Earl Caithness [aged 30] and [his sister-in-law] Eupheme Lindsay Countess Strathearn Caithness [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Caithness. He the son of [his father] King Robert II of Scotland [aged 69] and [his mother] Euphemia Ross Queen Consort Scotland.
Around March 1386 [his brother] David Stewart 3rd Earl Strathearn 1st Earl Caithness [aged 30] died. His daughter [his niece] Eupheme succeeded 2nd Countess Strathearn, 2nd Countess Caithness.
Before 1387 [his brother-in-law] David Lindsay 1st Earl Crawford [aged 26] and [his sister] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Crawford [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of [his father] King Robert II of Scotland [aged 70] and [his mother] Euphemia Ross Queen Consort Scotland. They were half first cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
In 1390 [his niece] Eupheme Stewart 2nd Countess of Strathearn and Caithness resigned the title 2nd Countess Caithness to her uncle Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness [aged 30] who became 3rd Earl Caithness.
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 15th February 1390 [his brother-in-law] Alexander Keith [aged 50] and [his half-sister] Marjorie Stewart Countess Moray [aged 42] were married. She the daughter of [his father] King Robert II of Scotland [aged 73] and Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland.
On 19th April 1390 [his father] King Robert II of Scotland [aged 74] died at Dundonald Castle, Dundonald. He was buried at Scone Abbey [Map]. His son [his half-brother] Robert [aged 53] succeeded III King Scotland. [his sister-in-law] Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland [aged 40] by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. His son [his brother] David succeeded 3rd Earl Strathearn.
On 5th or 15th December 1392 [his half-brother] Alexander "The Wolf of Badenoch" Stewart 3rd Earl Buchan [aged 49] and [his sister-in-law] Euphemia 6th Countess of Ross were divorced.
In 1394 [his half-brother] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany [aged 54] was created 1st Earl Buchan. [his sister-in-law] Muriella Keith Duchess Albany [aged 36] by marriage Countess Buchan.
In 1398 [his half-brother] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany [aged 58] was created 1st Duke Albany. [his sister-in-law] Muriella Keith Duchess Albany [aged 40] by marriage Duchess Albany.
In 1398 [his brother-in-law] David Lindsay 1st Earl Crawford [aged 38] was created 1st Earl Crawford by King Robert II of Scotland (his wife's father) who also gave him Crawford Castle, Crawford. Elizabeth Stewart Countess Crawford [aged 36] by marriage Countess Crawford.
In 1404 Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness [aged 44] was created 1st Earl Atholl.
In 1405 [his half-brother] Alexander "The Wolf of Badenoch" Stewart 3rd Earl Buchan [aged 62] died.
On 4th April 1406 [his half-brother] King Robert III of Scotland [aged 69] died at Rothesay Castle, Isle of Bute. His son [his nephew] James [aged 11] succeeded I King Scotland. He, James, was a prisoner of King Henry IV having been captured by an English ship two weeks before when attempting to travel to France. He would remain in captivity for eighteen years until 1424.
In 1410 [his half-sister] Isabella Stewart Countess Douglas died.
On 6th May 1417 [his half-sister] Marjorie Stewart Countess Moray [aged 69] died.
On 3rd September 1420 [his half-brother] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany [aged 80] died at Stirling Castle [Map]. His son [his nephew] Murdoch [aged 58] succeeded 2nd Duke Albany. His son John [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Earl Buchan. Elizabeth Douglas Countess Buchan and Orkney by marriage Countess Buchan.
On 18th May 1425 [his nephew] Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany [aged 63], his two sons Walter Stewart [aged 25] and Alexander Stewart, and Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox [aged 80] were tried at Stirling Castle [Map] in the presence of King James I of Scotland [aged 30].
The jury which condemned them was composed of 21 knights and peers, including Albany's half-uncle Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness [aged 65], first cousin Alexander Stewart 1st Earl of Mar [aged 50], first cousins once-removed Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine [aged 35], and Alexander, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles.
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.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
In 1428 Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness [aged 68] resigned the Earldom of Caithness to his son Allan Stewart 4th Earl Caithness.
In 1431 [his son] Allan Stewart 4th Earl Caithness died. Earl Caithness returned to Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness [aged 71].
The Death of King James. [November 1436]. Nocht long after this the Kynglete lete so ordeyne his parliament yn due forme, at Edenbourghe, somunde yn the yere of oure lord A Thousand, Foure Hundreth, Six and Thirtye, yn the fest of All Hallowen. To the which parliament the said Sir Robert Grame stired a full cruell vengance ayene the Kyng, sent privie messages and letturs to certayne men and servantes of the Duke of Albayne, whome the Kyng a litill afore hade done rigorusly to deth, lich as hit is entitild here afore, opynly, that if thay consent and faver hym, he wold uttirly take upon hym for to slee the Kyng, lest thurgh his tirannye and covetise he wold destruy this reume of Scotteland: and the corone of the land shall be yovon to Sir [his grandson] Robert Stuard [aged 36], which is the Kyng's cosyn, and next of the right of the corone, bot yf the Kyng had a sune; the same Robert's fadir thenne liggyng in hostage to the Kyng of England, for the said James Kyng of Scottes, yn the towre of London, till that his fynaunce were fully content and paid. And the said Sir Robert's grantesire, the Erle of Athetelles [aged 76], of that treison and counsell as hit was said; and by hymselfe secretly desirid and covetid to have the corone. For which causes the same Sir Robert Grame was half the better consentid to bryng thaire purpos to effecte. For this Sir Robert Stuard did ever abide yn the Kynges presence, full famulier aboute hyme at all houres, and most privey above all other; and was a full gentill squyer, fresh, lusty, and right amyable. Whome the Kyng entierly loved as his owne sone; and for the tendure love that he had to hym he made [hym] Constable of all his host, and … at the sege of Edenbourgh. [Sic. Roxburgh.]
Before 1437 [his son] David Stewart [aged 58] died.
On 26th March 1437 Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness [aged 77] and his grandson Robert Stewart [aged 37] were hanged, drawn and quartered at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for having conspired to assassinate King James I of Scotland [deceased].
A Brief Latin Chronicle. 21st February 1437. And around the following March, the same king, by the wicked persuasion and counsel of the Earl of Atholl [aged 77], his uncle, and others supporting him in this, was killed one night by a Scot commonly known as William Graham and some others, while the king was preparing for bed, dressed only in his shirt and trousers. He was terrified and forced into the latrine of his own chamber, where he was cruelly and inhumanely killed with swords. It is said that he had about thirty wounds on his body, seven of which seemed fatal. As evidence of this event, an apostolic legate then in Scotland reportedly later brought the said shirt to the Pope, as it is said. Blessed be the Lord God who so often rescues His servants from the hands of those seeking evil against them, and confuses and overthrows the perjurers and those who disturb the peace!
Et circiter mensem Martii extunc proximo sequentem idem rex, iniqua suasione ac consilio Comitis de Athel, avunculi sui, et aliorum sibi in hoc favencium, per quemdam Scottum, Willelmum Grame vulgariter nominatum, et quosdam alios, nocte quadam, dum se rex ad lectum disponebat, camisia et braccis solummodo indutus, improvise territus et in cloacam proprie camere fugatus, cum spatis crudeliter et inhumane est occisus. Fertur enim ipsum circa xxx vulnera in corpore habuisse, quorum vij letalia videbantur. In evidenciam cujus rei quidam legatus apostolicus in Scotia tunc existens dictam cdamisiam postmodo Domino Pape, ut dicitur, deferebat. Benedictus sit Dominus Deus qui tam sepius servulos suos eripuit de manibus querencium eis mala, perjurosque et pacem turbantes confudit et evertit!
The Death of King James. [26th March 1437] Soone after this was takyn the Erle of Athetelles [aged 77], by the Erle of Angwis; and laid ynto the castell of Edenburghe to prisone. This same Erle of Athetelles was endited, arreyned, and dampned. Bot bycause of that this was nighe the fest of Pascue, the crosse was takyn adowne; and he lad to the polour yn the towne, and ther was he fast boundon, and a corone of papir put upon his hed, the which was all abowte depaynetid with jubettes, and for the more dispite and shame to hym was writyne with thes wordes, TRAITOUR, TRAITOUR, TRAITOUR. The Busshope of Urbinate, legate of owre Holy Fadir the Pope, then beyng in Scotteland, upon his ambassite, hard thare confessions. And then evyn forthwith the said Erle of Athetelles was heded; bot he went alwas to have grace and pardon, unto the tyme that the hangman had hym upon the skaffald, to be there and then hedid. For he confessid, and said that he was not yn no wyse consentyng ne assentyng to the Kynges deth; but that he knew therof long, and kepte hit counesell, bycause that Sir [his grandson] Robert Stuward [aged 37], that was oone of the grettest traitours, was his sonnes sonne, and therfore he told hit not to the Kyng. Bot yit nevyre the lesse when this Sir Robert wist therof and told hit to the Erle of Athetelles of the Kynges deth, he blamyd hyme sore, and defendid hym that in no wyse shuld he be consentyng to none such murdure of his Soveran Lord: weynyng veraly that nether he, ne none of all the other, the which bene rehersid afore, wold never have done that murdure yn effecte. And so the said Erle told, and confessid, at his lyvys end; and his hed, coroned with a corone of yryne, stondyng upon a spere shaft yn the myddis of Edenburghe.
[his son] Allan Stewart 4th Earl Caithness was born to Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness.
John Randolph 3rd Earl of Moray and [his mother] Euphemia Ross Queen Consort Scotland were married. She by marriage Countess Moray. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Hugh 4th Earl Ross and [his grandmother] Margaret Graham Countess Ross. He the son of Thomas Randolph 1st Earl of Moray and Isabella Stewart Countess Moray.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 5 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 11 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 6 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Fitzwalter 2nd High Steward 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 3rd High Steward
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 4th High Steward 2 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gille Críst Angus 4th Earl Angus
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bethóc Angus Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marjorie Dunkeld Countess Angus 
Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Stewart 5th High Steward 3 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
GrandFather: Walter Stewart 6th High Steward 4 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Burgh 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Mór Burgh 1st Baron Connaught
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster 8 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Lacy Lord Meath 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Egidia Lacy Baroness Connaught 7 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret de Braose 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 1 Grandmother: Egidia Burgh 9 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aveline Clare Countess Essex 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aveline Fitzjohn Countess Ulster 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk 
6 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod 7 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Father: King Robert II of Scotland 
Grand Son of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bruce 4th Lord Annandale
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 2 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel "the Scot" Dunkeld Lady Annandale Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Bruce Earl Carrick 3 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Lady Annandale 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland 4 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Niall Carrick 2nd Earl Carrick
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 3rd High Steward
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Stewart Countess Carrick 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bethóc Angus Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
GrandMother: Marjorie Bruce Daughter of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Donald Mar 6th Earl of Mar
Great x 2 Grandfather: Donald Mar 7th Earl of Mar
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Mar Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Iorwerth "Drwyndwn aka Flat Nosed" Aberffraw Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marared ferch Madog Mathrafal Grand Daughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John of England 
Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Plantagenet 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Earl of Ross
GrandFather: Hugh 4th Earl Ross
Mother: Euphemia Ross Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Graham of Abercorn 
GrandMother: Margaret Graham Countess Ross