William Rishanger

William Rishanger (born 1250), nicknamed "Chronigraphus", was an English annalist and Benedictine monk of St Albans Abbey. ^[1] He probably wrote the Opus Chronicorum, a continuation from 1259 of Matthew Paris's Chronicle. In effect it is a history of his own times from 1259 to 1307, a spirited and trustworthy account, albeit in parts not original. ^[1] He also wrote a history of the reign of Edward I of England, and a work on the Barons' War; and was probably the continuator of Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani. ^[2]

Notes

1. Burton 1913.
2. Antonia Gransden, Historical Writing in England II (1982), pp. 4–5.

Sources

• Carley, James P. (2004). "Rishanger, William (b. 1249/50, d. after 1312)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23669.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• James Orchard Halliwell (1840), The Chronicle of William de Rishanger, Camden Society
• Burton, Edwin (1913). "William Rishanger"  . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rishanger, William"  . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Wood, James, ed. (1907). The Nuttall Encyclopædia . London and New York: Frederick Warne.{{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)