Thomas Sprott (chronicler)

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Thomas Sprott or Spott (fl. 1292) was an English Benedictine chronicler, a monk of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury.^[1]

Chronicles

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]

Thomas Elmham was an English chronicler.

William Thorne was an English Benedictine historian.

John Leland or Leyland was an English poet and antiquary.

Misattributions

The original work by Sprott has not been printed.^[1]

A roll, with no title, in the possession of Joseph Mayer, was printed in facsimile and ascribed to Sprott. It contained brief chronicles from the beginning of the world to 1307. This work dates from the 15th century, and is no longer considered to be by Sprott.^[1] It consists almost entirely of abstracts from the Flores Historiarum formerly ascribed to "Matthew of Westminster". A translation of the roll, with the title Sprott's Chronicle of Sacred and Profane History, was issued by William Bell (Liverpool, 1851).^[2]
Distinct again is a chronicle of general history from the creation to 1339, printed by Thomas Hearne in 1719 as Sprott's; with a number of Fragmenta Sprottiana, from a manuscript of Sir Edward Dering. The chronicle is of the late 14th century, and attribution to Sprott is no longer supported.^[1]

Joseph Mayer (1803–1886) was an English goldsmith, antiquary and collector.

The Flores Historiarum is the name of two different Latin chronicles by medieval English historians that were created in the 13th century, associated originally with the Abbey of St Albans.

Matthew of Westminster, long regarded as the author of the Flores Historiarum, is now thought never to have existed.

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 Ramsay, Nigel. "Sprott, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26183.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
1 2 3 4 Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Sprott, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography . 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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Sir Sidney Lee was an English biographer, writer and critic.

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) was published on 23 September 2004 in 60 volumes and online, with 50,113 biographical articles covering 54,922 lives.

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[ODNB-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Ramsay, Nigel. "Sprott, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26183.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[DNB-2] 1 2 3 4 Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Sprott, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography . 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Thomas Sprott (chronicler)

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Chronicles

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