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Capgrave’s Chronicle of England
John Capgrave (1393-1464)
Edited by Frances Charles Hingeston
London: Longman, et al., 1858
1
Written in English, covers the classical six ages of the world until 1417 CE. Dedicated to Edward IV.
CUL MS Gg.4.12 (Autograph)
CCCC MS 167
Lucas, Peter, ed. John Capgrave’s Abbreuiacion of Chronicles. Early English Text Society, Original Series, v.285. Oxford University Press, 1984.
Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon
Various Authors
Edited by Joseph Stevenson
London: Longman, et al., 1858
2.I
From the foundation of Abingdon Abbey until the Norman Conquest. Covers 201-1066 CE.
BL, Cotton MS Claudius C.IX
Hudson, John, ed. Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis: The History of the Church of Abingdon, Volume 1. Oxford University Press, 2007.
Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon
Various Authors
Edited by Joseph Stevenson
London: Longman, et al., 1858
2.II
From the Norman Conquest until the accession of Richard the First. Covers 1066-1189 CE. Also contains a vita of St. Æthelwold, a list of abbots, charters, and documents related to Abingdon Abbey.
Hudson, John, ed. Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis: The History of the Church of Abingdon, Volume 1. Oxford University Press, 2002.
Wulfstan of Winchester. The Life of St. Æthelwold. Edited and translated by Michael Lapidge and Michael Winterbottom. Oxford University Press, 1991.
Lives of Edward the Confessor
Various Authors
Edited by Henry Luard
London: Longman, et al., 1858
3
Contains three lives of Edward the Confessor, including one contemporary account.
CUL, MS Ee.3.59
Wallace, K. Y. La estoire de seint Aedward le Rei. London: Anglo-Norman Text Society, 1983.
Monumenta Franciscana
Thomas of Eccleston, et al.
Edited by J.S. Brewer
London: Longman, et al., 1858
4.I
Substantial preface includes the early history of the Franciscans in England. Thomas of Eccleston is the earliest witness to the foundation of the Franciscans in England. Adam Marsh was a notable scholar and scientist of his day in addition to being s Franciscan and a close friend of Simon de Montfort.
Thomas af Eccleston. De Adventu Fratrum Minorum in Angliam. Edited by A.G. Little. Manchester University Press, 1951.
Marsh, Adam. The Letters of Adam Marsh. Edited by Hugh Lawrence. 2 volumes. Oxford University Press, 2006, 2010.
Monumenta Franciscana
Various Authors
Edited by Richard Howlett
London: Longman & Co., 1882
4.II
Fasciculi Zizaniorium Johannis Magistri Wyclif cum Tritico
Thomas Netter of Walden (?)
Edited by Walter W. Shirley
London: Longman, et al., 1858
5
Contemporary account of the rise of the Lollards. Contains a number of documents.