Adam of Usk (Welsh: Adda o Frynbuga, c. 1352–1430) was a Welsh priest, canonist, and late medieval historian and chronicler. His writings were hostile...
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Usk (Welsh: Brynbuga) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Newport. It is located on the River Usk, which is...
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Usk castle again in 1184. Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, another holder of Usk castle, was killed at the Battle of Bannockburn. Adam of Usk was...
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Nicholls 1386 John David 1391 Edmund Warham ?–1404 John Walton 1404–? Adam de Usk 1408–? William Chichele 1412–? William Newport 1432, 1439 William Pirrye...
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lordships and castles of Usk and Caerleon thus fell into his hands. This brought him into relations with the chronicler Adam of Usk, who speaks of him as...
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Manuel II Palaiologos (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
presents showing respect for a person of such eminence. — Moreover, Adam of Usk reported: On the feast of St Thomas the apostle [21 December], the emperor...
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ap Dyfnwal, of Castell Arnallt near Llanover in the valley of the River Usk near Abergavenny, whom he blamed for the death of his uncle Henry. After...
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ruthless tactics. Adam of Usk says that after the Battle of Pwll Melyn near Usk, King Henry had three hundred prisoners beheaded in front of Usk Castle. John...
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traditionally located near Usk Castle, where Glyndŵr's brother was killed and his eldest son captured. The chronicler Adam of Usk, a contemporary observer...
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