Editing Adam Murimuth (section)

==Life==
He was born in 1274 or 1275 and studied [[civil law (common law)|civil law]] at the [[University of Oxford]]. Between 1312 and 1318 he practised in the papal [[curia]] at [[Avignon]]. King [[Edward II of England]] and Archbishop [[Robert Winchelsey]] were among his clients, and his legal services secured for him [[Canon (priest)|canonries]] at [[Hereford Cathedral|Hereford]] and [[St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's]], and the [[precentor]]ship of [[Exeter Cathedral]]. In 1331 he retired to country living (in [[Wraysbury]], [[Buckinghamshire]]), and devoted himself to writing the history of his own times.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Murimuth, Adam|volume=19|last= Davis |first= Henry William Carless |author-link= Henry William Carless Davis |page=37|short=1}}</ref>