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WILLIAM OF NEWBURY: Historia a Normannorum in Angliam ingressu usque ad annum 1197. Several editions of text, among them that of Hearne, Oxford, 1719. Trans. in Church Historians of England, vol. iv, pt. 2.

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Covers 1066-1198. Especially valuable for Reign of Henry

BENEDICT OF PETERBOROUGH: Benedictus Abbas Petroburgensis de vita et gestis Henrici II et Ricardi I., ed. Hearne. Oxford, 1735. Trans. and ed., W. Stubbs. No. XXXI. 1867. This work was probably written by Richard Fitz-Neal.

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"Indisputably the most important chronicle of the time." The preface to the edition by Bishop Stubbs is valuable.

ROGER OF HOVEDEN: Rogeri de Hoveden Annalium, pars prior et posteriori. Text in Nos. LXIII a; XXIII; XXXI. 1868-71, etc. Trans. H. T. Riley. London, 1853 (Bohn).

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Covers period from 732-1201. From 1170-1201 it is of the greatest importance.

RALPH OF DICETO: Radulfi de Diceto Decani Londeniensis Opera Historica, ed. W. Stubbs for No. XXXI, 1876. Text also in No. LXIII, a, b; also No. XVIII,

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Reigns of Hen. II and Ric. I. Valuable,

RICHARD OF DEVIZES: Chronicon Ricardi Divisiensis de Rebus gestis Ricardi Primi, Regis Angliæ, ed. J. A. Giles. No. XXXVIII. 1841.

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Covers period 1189-1192. Supplements preceding works.

GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS: Topographia Hibernia; sive de Mirabilibus Hiberniæ auctore Silvestro Geraldo Cambrense...Expugnatio Hibernia, sive Historia vaticinalis

Silvestris Giraldi Cambrensis. Iteriarium Cambria; Cambria Descriptio. Texts in Nos. XVIII, XXXI, etc. Trans. T. Forester, R. C. Hoare. T. Wright. London (Bohn). Valuable authority in fields covered.

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GLANVILL: Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus regni Angliæ, tempore Regis Henrici Secundi compositus. Text in various editions, e.g., ed. J. Rayner, London, 1780, and in No. LXIV. Trans. J. Beames. London, 1812.

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The first book on English Law.

DIALOGUES ON THE EXCHEQUER: Dialogus de Scaccario, by Richard, Bishop of London. Text in Madox's History of the Exchequer; Stubbs' Constitutional Docu

ments.

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"An extraordinary mass of information on every important point in the development of constitutional principles before the great Charter."

STATUTES OF THE REALM from Original Records and Authentic Manuscripts Printed by Command of His Majesty King George the Third. London, 1810. See XLVIII Ca.

Begin to be of value in this period.

(THE FEDERA: See Treaties No. LXVIII A.)

ROGER OF WENDOVER'S FLOWERS OF HISTORY: Rogeri de Wendover Chronica, sive Flores Historiarum, ed. H. R. Luard in No. XXXI, also in No. LXIII A. Trans. J. A. Giles. London, 1849 (Bohn).

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Source for period of Magna Charta, 1214-1235.

MATTHEW PARIS: Matthæi Parisiensis Monachi Sancti Albani, Chronica Majora, ed. H. R. Luard. No. XXXI.

1872-80. Matthæi Parisiensis Historia Anglorum, sive, ut vulgo dicitur, Historia Minor, ed. F. Madden. No. XXXI. 1866-69. Trans. of period from 1235-73. J. A. Giles. London, 1852. From 1259 the work is by an author as to whose name authorities disagree.

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Continues Roger of Wendover. Source for 1235-1273.

WILLIAM RISHANGER'S CHRONICLE:

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Wilhelmi Rishanger Chronica et Annales, ed. H. T. Riley. No. XXXI. Also under title Continuatio Matthæi ab anno 1259 ad usque annum 1272 in Watt's adition of M. Paris. See also De Bellis Lewes et Eversham, or the Chronicle of William de Rishanger of the Baron's Wars. J. O. Halliwell for No. XXVI. 1840. Translation. Continuation in Matthew of Paris.

Source for period 1259-1306.

NICHOLAS TRIVET'S ANNALS: Annales sex Regum Angliæ qui a comitibus Andegavensibus originem traxerunt, ed. T. Hog. No. XXXVIII.

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1845.

Contemporary source for reign of Edward I.

CHRONICA MONASTERII, S. Albani, ed. H. T. Riley. No. XXXI. London, 1863-76.

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These chronicles contain valuable historical material of which the most important is contained in Vol. I, Walsingham's Historia Anglicana, 1272-1422 (valuable from 1377 to 1395); II, Rishanger's Chronica et Annales, 1259-1307; III. Trokelowe and Blaneforde, Chr. et Ann., 1259-1296,1307-1324, 1392-1406; IV, Gesta Abbatum, 793-1411.

MONASTIC ANNALS: Annales Monastici, ed. H. R. Luard. No. XXXI. 1864-69.

Valuable sources. Covers period 1004-1432. Particularly refer to the reigns of John, Henry III., and Edward I.

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WALTER HEMINGFORD: Chronica Walteri de Hemingburg, ed. H. C. Hamilton. No. XXXVIII. Text also in No. LXIII A; also edition by Hearne, Oxon. 1731.

Extends from 1066 to 1346. Extremely valuable for last hundred years, covered partly by Walter, partly by other hands.

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CHRONICLES OF LONDON. Various chronicles; consult No. XXVI for 1844, 1846, 1858; also No. XXXI for Munimenta Gildhalla Londoniensis, ed. H. T. Riley.

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This contains laws, regulations, etc., as well as city transactions. Valuable from a political, economical, and social, as well as legal standpoint.

BRACTON: De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Anglia, ed. T. Twiss. No. XXXI. 1878-83. Also several other texts. Translation.

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Indispensable for law of the thirteenth century.

BRACTON'S NOTE BOOK. Ed. by T. W. Maitland. London, 1887.

This work is of great importance, not only because of its being the first book on "case-law," but for the light it throws on the life of the thirteenth century.

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CORRESPONDENCE: Royal and other Historical Letters illustrative of the reign of Henry III., ed. W. W. Sherley. No. XXXI. 1862-66. Of the reign of Henry IV., ed. F. C. Hingeston: No. XXXI. 1860. Edward IV., Richard III., and Henry VII., ed. J. Gairdner: No. XXXI.

Letters of Bishop Grosseteste, illustrative of the Social Condition of his Time, ed. H. R. Luard: No. XXXI.

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Papal Letters are in several editions. See No. XXIV, H‚I.

MONUMENTA BRITANNICA ex Autographis Romanorum Pontificum. Covers period 1216-1759; ed. by Marini. These letters are extremely valuable. They present information not elsewhere obtainable.

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ROBERT OF AVESBURY: Roberti de Avesbury, Historia de mirabilis gestis Edward Tertii, ed. Hearne, Oxon. 1720. Especially good for relations of England with France prior to the battle of Crécy.

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HIGDEN'S POLYCHRONICON: Polychronicon Ranulphi Higdeni, ed. C. C. Babington. No. XXXI. Translation by Trevisa, ed. by Babington, Churchill, and Lumby, accompanies text. Text also in No. LXIII d.

Contemporary source for first half of the fourteenth cen

tury.

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CAPGRAVE'S CHRONICLE: The Chronicle of England from the Creation to 1417, by John Capgrave, ed. F. C. Hingeston. No. XXXI. 1858.

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Very valuable for period 1328-1388.

THE BOOK OF THE NOBLE HENRYS: Johannis Capgrave Liber de Illustribus Henricis, ed. F. C. Hingeston. No. XXXI. 1858. Translation by same ed.

The work is valuable for its later portion only.

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ADAM OF USK'S CHRONICLE: Chronicon Adæ de Usk
ed. with Translation by E. M. Thompson. London, 1876.
Serviceable for 1377-1404.

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THOMAS ELMHAM'S LIFE OF HENRY V.: Thomæ de Elmham Vita et Gesta Henrici Quinti, Anglorum Regis, ed. T. Hearne. 1732. Also in No. XXXI. For other lives. consult No. XXXVIII, 1846, also Titi Livii Foro-Juliensis, Vita Henrici Quinti, Regis Angliæ, ed. by Hearne. 1716. Of some value for period.

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THE CONCORDANCE

OF HISTORIES: The New Chronicle of England and France, in two parts, by Robert Fabyan, ed. H. Ellis. 1811.

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Valuable for history of London during War of the Roses.

JOHN AMUNDESHAM'S ANNALS: Johannis Amundesham, Monachi Monasterii S. Albani, ut videtur, Annales, ed. Riley in No. XXXI.

For period 1421-1440.