tailieunhanh - Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483

This Volume presents to your notice an early Chronicle of the great Metropolis over which you preside. The rising taste for literature, and particularly that part of it relating to the History of your ancient City, which has lately been evinced by you in the formation of a Library, as well as in the private Collections made by several of your members on the same subject, renders it probable that the publication of this Chronicle, which has never before been printed, may not be deemed unacceptable | Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 by Anonymous 1 Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 by Anonymous Project Gutenberg s A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 by Anonymous This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum Author Anonymous Release Date October 26 2008 EBook 27027 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHRONICLE--LONDON 1089-1483 Produced by Juliet Sutherland Linda Cantoni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Transcriber s Notes Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 by Anonymous 2 About this book. Although the title indicates that the Chronicle begins in 1089 it actually begins in 1189 with the reign of Richard I and ends in 1483 with the death of Edward IV. It is based on two manuscripts now in the British Library written by anonymous scribes in the 15th Century. It recounts events not only in the City of London--such as the elections of Mayors and Sheriffs--but also in the British Isles and France covering battles coronations births and deaths of prominent people tempests earthquakes plagues and other noteworthy occurrences. The Chronicle was first published in 1827 in a limited edition of 250 copies with copious notes and an extensive section of illustrative documents. Although the editors of the 1827 edition are not named the British Library catalogue identifies them as Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas . and Edward Tyrrell whose signature appears at the end of the dedication . This e-book was prepared from a 1995 reprint of the 1827 edition published by Llanerch Publishers and from images of the 1827 edition at the Internet .