- Richard of Hexham
Richard of Hexham (fl. 1141) was an English
chronicler . He became prior ofHexham about 1141, and died between 1163 and 1178.He wrote "Brevis Annotatio", a short history of the church of Hexham from 674 to 1138, for which he borrowed from
Bede ,Eddius andSymeon of Durham . This is published byJames Raine in "The Priory of Hexham, its Chroniclers, Endowments and Annals" (Durham, 1864 to 1865). More important is his "Historia de gestis regis Stephani ci de bello Standardii", very valuable for the history of the north ofEngland during the earlier part of the reign of Stephen, and especially for theBattle of the Standard .This history, which is a contemporary one, covers the period from the death of Henry I in 1135 to early in 1139. It has been edited for the
Rolls Series byR. Howlett in the "Chroniclers of the Reigns of Stephen, Henry II and Richard I", vol. iii. (1886); and has been translated byJ. Stevenson in the "Church Historians of England", vol. iv. (1856).References
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