Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, (as illustrated and improv'd by Robert of Brunne) from the death of Cadwalader to the end of K. Edward the First's reign. Transcrib'd, and now first publish'd, from a ms. in the Inner-Temple Library by Thomas Hearne, M.A. To which are added, besides a glossary and other curious papers, (1) A roll concerning Glastonbury abbey, being a survey of all the estates belonging to that house at the dissolution, taken by King Hen. the Eigth's order and for his use. (2) An account of the hospital of St. Mary Magdalen near Scroby in Nottinghamshire, by John Slacke, master of that hospital. (3) Two tracts by an anonymous author; the first relating to Roman antiquities, near Conquest in Somersetshire, the second concerning Stonehenge. Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1725.

Ne costom no seruise of þing þat he forgaf, þat noiþer he no hise suld chalange rif no raf. Of som poyntes he spak, & suore vnto þe clergie. þat ilk ȝere he it brak þe kyng in som partie.
WHAN wrathed Steuen with Dauid of Scotland, þat wild not tille him cheuen, no bowe vnto his hand. Dauid vnto Mald had mad his homage, Steuen was in defaut, to Dauid did outrage. Bot Henry Dauid sonne, þat his heyr suld be, Contek for to schonne, to Steuen mad feaute. Steuen sauh his skille, þat Henry did resoun, With alle þat longed þer tille he gaf him Huntyngtoun. Henry of Huntyngton he wrote þe gestes olde, & sais in his sermon þat newe ere now tolde. A bisshop of Lyncoln, Alisaundre he hight, þat non suld be forholn, he praied him if he myght. In Alisaundre tyme kam, & Henrie's þe compilour Ros þe ordre of Sempyngham þorgh Gilbert þe confessour. Saynt Margrete story sais Dauid of hir kam, Of Dauid kyng Henry, of Henry com William, Of William Alisandre, & Alisandre of him, þat wedded kyng Edward sistir, þat was þe Scottis grim. þis is þe Genelogie fro S. Margarete þe quene Of kynges bi & bi in kynde þat has bene. Now of Steuen to speke turne we eft ageyn, Our tale wille we no breke, bot telle forth þe certeyn.
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Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, (as illustrated and improv'd by Robert of Brunne) from the death of Cadwalader to the end of K. Edward the First's reign. Transcrib'd, and now first publish'd, from a ms. in the Inner-Temple Library by Thomas Hearne, M.A. To which are added, besides a glossary and other curious papers, (1) A roll concerning Glastonbury abbey, being a survey of all the estates belonging to that house at the dissolution, taken by King Hen. the Eigth's order and for his use. (2) An account of the hospital of St. Mary Magdalen near Scroby in Nottinghamshire, by John Slacke, master of that hospital. (3) Two tracts by an anonymous author; the first relating to Roman antiquities, near Conquest in Somersetshire, the second concerning Stonehenge. Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1725.
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Peter, of Langtoft, d. 1307?
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[Reprinted for S. Bagster, in the Strand,
1810]
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Great Britain -- History
Great Britain -- Antiquities, Roman
Scrooby, Eng.
Stonehenge (England)
Glastonbury Abbey.

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"Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, (as illustrated and improv'd by Robert of Brunne) from the death of Cadwalader to the end of K. Edward the First's reign. Transcrib'd, and now first publish'd, from a ms. in the Inner-Temple Library by Thomas Hearne, M.A. To which are added, besides a glossary and other curious papers, (1) A roll concerning Glastonbury abbey, being a survey of all the estates belonging to that house at the dissolution, taken by King Hen. the Eigth's order and for his use. (2) An account of the hospital of St. Mary Magdalen near Scroby in Nottinghamshire, by John Slacke, master of that hospital. (3) Two tracts by an anonymous author; the first relating to Roman antiquities, near Conquest in Somersetshire, the second concerning Stonehenge. Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1725." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/aba2096.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 10, 2025.
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