, a regular canon of Gisborough-abbey, near Cleveland in Yorkshire,
, a regular canon of
Gisborough-abbey, near Cleveland in Yorkshire, flourished
in the fourteenth century, in the reign of Edward III. He
had much learning, and much industry. History was his
particular study; and he compiled a history which begins
from the Norman conquest, and continues to the reign of
king Edward the lid. from 1066 to 1308. The work is
written with great care and exactness, and in a style good
enough considering the time. Gale, who has published it
in his “Veteres Scriptores,
” with an account of the author,
enumerates five copies of his history, two at Trinity college, Cambridge, one at the Heralds’ office, one in the
Cotton lilrary, and one which he had himself. This author died at Gisborough in 1347. Hearne published an
edition in 2 vols. 8vo, Oxford, 1731, now one of the most
rare and valuable of his works.