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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Exeter College, Oxford University is in Oxford University.
On 3rd December 1575 Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton [aged 15] matriculated Exeter College, Oxford University.
In 1593 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 18] educated at Exeter College, Oxford University.
On 13th July 1604 John Bampylde [aged 18] matriculated Exeter College, Oxford University.
On 23rd November 1604 Francis Drake 1st Baronet [aged 16] matriculated Exeter College, Oxford University.
In 1608 John Mohun 1st Baron Mohun Okehampton [aged 13] graduated at Exeter College, Oxford University.
Around April 1611 Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth [aged 15] was educated at Exeter College, Oxford University.
Around 1613 Bishop George Hall was born to Bishop Joseph Hall [aged 38] at Waltham Abbey, Essex [Map]. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford University.
In February 1613 Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth [aged 17] graduated at Exeter College, Oxford University.
On 25th June 1624 Sidney Godolphin [aged 14] admitted at Exeter College, Oxford University.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1635 William Parr [aged 18] entered Exeter College, Oxford University.
John Evelyn's Diary. 9th December 1637. The Christmas ensuing, being at a Comedy which the gentlemen of Exeter College, Oxford University presented to the University, and standing, for the better advantage of seeing, upon a table in the Hall, which was near to another, in the dark, being constrained by the extraordinary press to quit my station, in leaping down to save myself I dashed my right leg with such violence against the sharp edge of the other board, as gave me a hurt which held me in cure till almost Easter, and confined me to my study.
In 1643 John Paulett 2nd Baron Paulett [aged 28] was awarded Doctor of Medicine at Exeter College, Oxford University.
In 1643 James Ussher [aged 61] took refuge in Exeter College, Oxford University at which time he made William Parr [aged 26] his Chaplain.
On 21st May 1647 William Morice 1st Baronet [aged 19] matriculated Exeter College, Oxford University.
On 23rd November 1666 brothers John Coryton 2nd Baronet [aged 18] and William Coryton 3rd Baronet [aged 16] matriculated Exeter College, Oxford University.
On 27th June 1671 James Praed [aged 16] was educated at Exeter College, Oxford University.
On 14th April 1698 Nicholas Morice 2nd Baronet [aged 17] matriculated Exeter College, Oxford University.
On 4th September 1707 William Carew 5th Baronet [aged 17] matriculated Exeter College, Oxford University.
On 10th June 1718 John St Aubyn 3rd Baronet [aged 21] entered Exeter College, Oxford University as a gentleman-commoner. He was awarded MA on 19th July 1721.
On 23rd January 1727 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 16] began his education at Exeter College, Oxford University.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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Around 1792 Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 15] educated at Exeter College, Oxford University.
From 1844 Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 10] attended King Edward VI Grammar School. From 1848 to 1852 Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet attended Birmingham School of Art after which he studied theology at Exeter College, Oxford University where he became a friend of William Morris [aged 9], where, together with a group of friends they became known as the Birmingham Set who formed a society "The Brotherhood".
Between 1962 and 1965 Robin Bush [aged 18] studied at Exeter College, Oxford University taking his BA in 1965, his MA in 1984.
John Robartes was born to John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford University.