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: Greville
Maternal Family Tree: Alice Sleigh 1617-1694
Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby was born to [her father] Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke and [her mother] Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke.
On 24th August 1658 Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave (age 46) died. His son [her future husband] John (age 10) succeeded 3rd Earl Mulgrave, 5th Baron Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.
On 12th January 1665 [her father] Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke (age 21) and [her mother] Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke (age 19) were married at St Bartholomew the Less.
On 28th July 1667 Abraham Cowley (age 49) died in Porch House. He was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map] where [her future husband] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 19) subsequently commissioned a monument.
In 1674 [her future husband] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 25) was appointed 479th Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 43).
On 17th February 1677 [her uncle] Robert Greville 4th Baron Brooke (age 38) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His brother [her father] Fulke (age 33) succeeded 5th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire. [her mother] Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke (age 31) by marriage Baroness Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire.
On 18th March 1686 [her future husband] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 37) and Ursula Stawell Countess Mulgrave and Conway were married at the chapel of Littlecote House. She by marriage Countess Mulgrave. He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave (age 78).
Around 1687 [her daughter] Rachel Noel Duchess Beaufort was born to [her future husband] Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough (age 26) and Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby. She married 26th February 1706 her fourth cousin Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort and had issue.
On 30th December 1687 Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough (age 26) and Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby were married. He the son of Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 46) and Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Gainsborough (age 41).
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Around 1688 [her daughter] Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland was born to [her husband] Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough (age 27) and Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby in Gainsborough [Map]. She married before 1st March 1709 her third cousin twice removed Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland, son of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Villiers Countess Portland, and had issue.
In January 1689 [her father-in-law] Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 48) died. His son [her husband] Wriothesley (age 28) succeeded 2nd Earl Gainsborough, 5th Viscount Campden, 5th Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire. Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby by marriage Countess Gainsborough.
On 21st September 1690 [her husband] Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough (age 29) died. His half first cousin Baptist (age 6) succeeded 3rd Earl Gainsborough, 6th Viscount Campden, 6th Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire.
On 25th February 1695 [her brother-in-law] Francis North 2nd Baron Guildford (age 21) and [her sister] Elizabeth Greville Baroness Guildford were married. She by marriage Baroness Guildford.
On 12th March 1699 John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 50) and Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby were married at St Clement Danes Church, Westminster [Map]. She by marriage Countess Mulgrave. He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave (age 91). They were sixth cousins.
On 4th November 1699 [her sister] Elizabeth Greville Baroness Guildford died in childbirth.
In 1703 [her husband] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 54) was created 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby.
On 7th February 1704 Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby died.
On 11th February 1704 Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
On 16th March 1705 [her former husband] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 56) and Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby (age 25) were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the illegitmate daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland and Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore (age 47). He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave (age 97).
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 24th February 1721 [her former husband] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 72) died. His son Edmund (age 5) succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, 4th Earl Mulgrave, 6th Baron Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Greville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk Greville Baron Latimer, Baron Willoughby
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Greville 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Willoughby 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Willoughby 11th Baroness Latimer 3rd Baroness Willoughby of Broke 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Neville 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Fulk Greville 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Whitney
GrandFather: Robert Greville 2nd Baron Brooke 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Copley
Father: Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Russell 1st Earl Bedford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Baron Russell 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret St John Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Waldegrave 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Long Baroness Russel Thornhaugh
GrandMother: Catherine Russell Baroness Brooke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brydges 1st Baron Chandos
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Brydges 2nd Baron Chandos 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Chandos 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Giles Brydges 3rd Baron Chandos 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clinton 8th Baron Clinton 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Poynings Baroness Clinton 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Clinton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stourton 7th Baron Stourton 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Stourton Baroness Clinton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dudley Baroness Stourton 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Samuel Dashwood 
GrandFather: Francis Dashwood
Mother: Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Sleigh
GrandMother: Alice Sleigh