Chronicon Petroburgense

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First page of the Chronicon Petroburgense, in the manuscript book Liber Niger from Peterborough Abbey Chronicon Petroburgense first page.jpg
First page of the Chronicon Petroburgense, in the manuscript book Liber Niger from Peterborough Abbey

The Chronicon Petroburgense, or Peterborough Chronicle, is a 13th-century chronicle written in Medieval Latin at Peterborough Abbey, England, covering events from 1122 to 1294. [1] It was probably written by William of Woodford, a sacrist and later abbot of Peterborough (1296–1299). [1] It survives as part of a Peterborough cartulary known as the "Liber Niger", or "Black Book", where it appears on folios 75–80 and 85–136. [2] [Fn 1] The chronicle was edited by Thomas Stapleton and published by the Camden Society in 1849, with an appendix containing a transcription of the first 20 folios of the Liber Niger. [5] In his introduction to Stapleton's edition, John Bruce wrote that the Chronicon contained "valuable contributions to legal and constitutional history [that were] universally recognised". [6]

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  1. The Peterborough Liber Niger is Society of Antiquaries ms. 60. While Martin groups her descriptions of cartularies and registers "[collections of] incoming and outgoing correspondence and other administrative material [produced] during the incumbency of individual abbots" – separately, she describes the Liber Niger first in her section for cartularies. [3] The Liber Niger is described as a "chartulary" in the relevant Victoria County History volume. [4]

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