Thomas Lanket

or Lanquet, whose place of nativity, or Hall or Coll. wherein he studied, being yet uncertain, I shall only say that he being a studious Young Man and curious searcher into ancient History, laid the Foundation of a great work, I mean a Chronicle consisting of two parts, reaching from the beginning of the World to the time of our Saviour, and was proceeding with a third part, but death preventing the compleating thereof, Thom. Croper of Magd. Coll. finished and entituled it,

Lanquets Chronicle—See more in Tho. Cooper under the Year 1594. Lanquet also wrot,

Treatise of the Conquest of Bulloigne—When, or where printed I know not, nor any thing else of the Author, 1545 only that he (w)(w) Pits, in Aet. 16. num. 967. died at London in Fifteen hundred forty and Five; which was the seven and thirtieth Year of K. H. 8. but in what Church or Yard he was buried, I cannot tell.