• 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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    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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  • 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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    USM Alger (redirect from USK Alger)
    Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in...
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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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    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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    monument to him in Llandovery. The main source for Llewelyn's life is Adam of Usk, who mentions him in his Chronicle as a "bountiful" member of the Carmarthenshire...
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    M. Dent & Sons. p. 74. ISBN 0900455284. de Usk, Adam; Thompson, Edward Maunde (1904). Chronicon Adae de Usk, A.D. 1377–1421. London : H. Frowde. Retrieved...
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