Thomas Sprott or Spott (fl. 1292) was an English Benedictine chronicler, a monk of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. [1]
Sprott wrote a history of St Augustine's Abbey. His work was used and acknowledged by the chroniclers Thomas Elmham and William Thorne. [2] Thorne copies him freely to 1228, where he says Sprott's share ends. [2] He elsewhere stated that Sprott's work ended in 1272, a point that is unclear in surviving manuscripts (which had later additions, and some damage). [1] John Leland mentioned a chronicle by Sprott that extended to 1272, which Casimir Oudin stated was among the manuscripts of Walter Cope. [2]
The text of Sprott's chronicle survives in two variant 13th-century manuscripts (Lambeth Palace Library MS 419, folios 111–60; and British Library Cotton MS Tiberius A.ix, folios 107–80), and in several later transcripts. However, it has never been printed. [1]
Two texts falsely attributed to Sprott have been published:
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Sprott, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.