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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Effigy of Sir Richard de Whatton is in Monumental Effigies of Great Britain.
THE Lords of Whatton had their residence in a strong castellated mansion on the banks of the river Smite, in the vale of Belvoir: traces of the earthworks on which it was erected remain to this day. Sir William de Whatton, said to be of Flemish extraction, nourished here in the reign of Henry I who made him a Knight. Richard de Whatton, the subject of this effigy, was the second son of John de Whatton, by his wife Ela, daughter of John Lord Bisset, Baron of Combe Bisset. He flourished in the reign of Henry III. In the 14th and 15th of Edward the Second; Richard de Whatton was summoned to attend King Edward II to aid him against Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, and the Barons his confederates. He valiantly adventured his life in the royal cause; and on the Earl of Lancaster being beheaded at Pontefract [Map], all his castles, lands, and tenements, and all those of the other rebels within the County of Northumberland and Episcopate of Durham, were committed to the custody of this Richard de Whatton, to have and to hold during the royal pleasure, he accounting for the receipts to the King's Exchequera. This instrument is dated at Pontefract 23d March. The effigy of Richard de Whatton is in the North aisle of Whatton Church. On his shield has been sculptured the arms of Whatton, which were, Argent, a bend Sable charged with three bezantsb between six crosslets Gules. An inscription on the monument runs thus:
PRIEZ PVR L'ALME DE SIRE RICHARD WHATTON, CHIVALER.
Note a. See the deed at length in the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. XCV. i. p. 39.
Note b. Johnde Whatton charged his paternal coat with the bezants, having married into the family of Bisset, who bore. Azure, nine bezants, 4,3, and 2.
