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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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Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt 1661-1727

Paternal Family Tree: Harcourt

In December 1661 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt was born to Philip Harcourt [aged 24] in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire [Map].

On 9th October 1684 [his son] Simon Harcourt was born to Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt [aged 22]. He married 21st July 1709 Elizabeth Evelyn and had issue.

On 20th March 1688 [his father] Philip Harcourt [aged 51] died at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire [Map].

John Evelyn's Diary. 8th July 1701. My grandson [aged 19] went to Sir Simon Harcourt [aged 39], the Solicitor General, to Windsor, Berkshire [Map], to wait on my Lord Treasurer. There had been for some time a proposal of marrying my grandson to a daughter [aged 26] of Mrs. Boscawen [aged 58], sister of my Lord Treasurer [aged 56], which was now far advanced.

On 21st July 1709 [his son] Simon Harcourt [aged 24] and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Evelyn were married.

On 1st July 1720 [his son] Simon Harcourt [aged 35] died at Paris [Map].

In 1721 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt [aged 59] was created 1st Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.

In or before 1722 John Walter 3rd Baronet [aged 47] and [his future wife] Elizabeth Vernon Viscountess Harcourt [aged 25] were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years.

On 30th September 1724 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt [aged 62] and Elizabeth Vernon Viscountess Harcourt [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

Before 1727. Christian Fredericke Zincke [aged 43]. Miniature portrait of Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt [aged 65].

On 23rd July 1727 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt [aged 65] died. Some sources say 28 Dec 1727. His grandson [his grandson] Simon [aged 13] succeeded 2nd Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.

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Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and II Volume 2

The Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and Edward II, Volume 2, comprising A Sorrowful Commendation on King Edward, the Life of Edward II by a Monk of Bridlington, Life of Edward II by a Monk of Malmesbury and Life of Edward by Thomas de la More, presents a rich collection of medieval English chronicles illuminating the political, military, ecclesiastical and social upheavals of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. The volume offers contemporary and near-contemporary accounts of the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, a period marked by war with Scotland, conflict between Crown and nobility, disputes over royal government, ecclesiastical tensions, rebellion, deposition and civil violence. Particular attention is given to the struggle surrounding Piers Gaveston, Thomas of Lancaster and the Despensers, as well as the turbulent final years of Edward II and the political circumstances that shaped the early reign of Edward III. These chronicles are especially valuable for their vivid narrative detail. They preserve speeches, political arguments, descriptions of battles and executions, accounts of parliaments and royal councils, reports of diplomatic missions, ecclesiastical controversies, prodigies and natural events, and contemporary judgements on the conduct of kings, magnates and churchmen. Written from differing institutional and regional perspectives, the texts reveal not only what happened but how medieval observers interpreted events, often through ideas of divine judgement, legitimate kingship, loyalty, treason and moral retribution. An important primary-source collection for readers interested in Edward I, Edward II, medieval politics, the Scottish wars, the baronial opposition, the fall of Edward II, church history and fourteenth-century England, Volume 2 provides an indispensable window into one of the most turbulent periods of the English Middle Ages.

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In 1748 [his former wife] Elizabeth Vernon Viscountess Harcourt [aged 52] died.

                    The 1717 Indemnity Act freed a large number of prisoners including hundreds of Jacobite supporters of which some two hundred had been captured at the 1715 Battle of Preston. The Act didn't under attainders or restore lands. Those released included:
                
                    William Murray 2nd Lord Nairne.
                
                    Robert Dalzell 5th Earl of Carnwath 1687-1737.
                
                    William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington.
                
                    There were exemptions including:
                
                    Matthew Prior Poet 1664-1721.
                
                    Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
                
                    Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt.
                
                    Thomas Harley of Kinsham Court 1667-1738.
                
                    All members of the Clan McGregor including Rob Roy MacGregor.

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Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt 1661-1727

Royal Ancestors of Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt 1661-1727

Ancestors of Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt 1661-1727