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: Grandison
Maternal Family Tree: Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison
Before 1289 [his father] William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison [aged 26] and [his mother] Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison were married.
In or before 1291 Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison was born to [his father] William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison [aged 28] and [his mother] Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison at Ashperton, Ledbury.
In 1306 [his brother-in-law] John Northwoode and [his sister] Agnes Grandison Baroness Bardolf [aged 17] were married.
Around 1320 [his brother-in-law] William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 19] and [his sister] Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Baroness Montagu.
On 16th March 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 44] attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle [aged 52]. Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 46], [his future father-in-law] Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 34], John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 57] and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers [aged 32] fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford [aged 22], Nicholas Longford [aged 37], Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray [aged 35] were captured.
Warin Lisle [aged 51] was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].
Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 31] and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].
John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton [aged 22], Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke [aged 22], William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 46], Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle [aged 34], Domhnall Mar II Earl of Mar [aged 29] and Peter Saltmarsh [aged 42] fought for the King.
Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton [aged 43] was captured.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 46] was killed. His son John [aged 15] succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.
Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison [aged 31] fough for the rebels, and was captured.
Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley [aged 55] surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle [Map] for the rest of his life
John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 34] was captured.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].
On 10th August 1327 [his brother] Bishop John Grandison 3rd Baron Grandison [aged 35] was appointed Bishop of Exeter.
On 10th June 1330 Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison [aged 39] and Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 43] and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 44].
In 1331 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Bardolf 2nd Baron Bardolf [aged 48] and [his sister] Agnes Grandison Baroness Bardolf [aged 42] were married. She by marriage Baroness Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk.
On 27th June 1335 [his father] William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison [aged 73] died at Lambourne, Berkshire [Map]. His son Piers [aged 44] succeeded 2nd Baron Grandison. [his wife] Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison [aged 23] by marriage Baroness Grandison.
On 12th October 1339 Laurence Hastings 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 20] was created 1st Earl Pembroke. [his sister-in-law] Agnes Mortimer Countess of Pembroke [aged 22] by marriage Countess Pembroke.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Around 1340 [his daughter] Isabel Grandison was born to Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison [aged 49] and [his wife] Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison [aged 28] at Ashperton, Ledbury. She married Baldwin Brugge.
In 1347 [his wife] Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison [aged 35] died.
In 1347 [his son] John Grandison was born to Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison [aged 56] and [his wife] Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison [aged 35] at Ashperton, Ledbury.
On 23rd November 1349 [his sister] Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury [aged 45] died at Bisham Abbey [Map].
On 23rd November 1349 [his sister] Agnes Grandison Baroness Bardolf [aged 60] died at Ruskington.
On 10th August 1358 Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison [aged 67] died at Ashperton, Ledbury. His brother John [aged 66] succeeded 3rd Baron Grandison.
After 10th August 1358. Monument to Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison [deceased]. Lady Chapel of Hereford Cathedral [Map]. Mid 14th-century, altar-tomb with effigy and canopy, altar-tomb with range of cinquefoil-headed panels in front and panelled buttresses at ends carried up to the cornice of the canopy, effigy in mixed mail and plate-armour with camail and ridged bascinet, hauberk with scalloped lower edge, cyclas, enriched Hip Belt with dagger hanging in front and sword at side, head on cushions and feet on hound; recess with panelled back, moulded jambs and square head enriched with Paterae and trefoiled and sub-cusped pendant tracery below the head; vaulted soffit to canopy; canopy with range of six bays of open arcading with trefoiled and sub-cusped heads, crockets and finials, in arcading two headless figures of the Coronation of the Virgin, headless figure with book, archbishop with cross-staff, St. John the Baptist holding a roundel with the Agnus Dei, and a bishop, last four figures brought from elsewhere; canopy finished with enriched cornice and pierced parapet with quatrefoils and cusped cresting.
GrandFather: Pierre Grandison
Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison
Mother: Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison