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EDWARD HALL (c. 1498-1547)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 846 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EDWARD See also:HALL (c. 1498-1547)  , See also:English chronicler and lawyer, was See also:born about the end of the ,5th See also:century, being a son of See also:John See also:Hall of Northall, See also:Shropshire . Educated at See also:Eton and See also:King's See also:College, See also:Cambridge, he became a See also:barrister and after-wards filled the offices of See also:common sergeant of the See also:city of See also:London and See also:judge of the See also:sheriff's See also:court . He was also member of See also:parliament for See also:Bridgnorth . Hall's See also:great See also:work, The See also:Union of the See also:Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and See also:York, commonly called Hall's See also:Chronicle, was first published in 1542 . Another edition was issued by See also:Richard See also:Grafton in 1548, the See also:year after Hall's See also:death, and another in 1550; these include a continuation from 1532 compiled by Grafton from the author's notes . In 1809 an edition was published under the supervision of See also:Sir See also:Henry See also:Ellis, and in 1904 the See also:part dealing with the reign of Henry VIII. was edited by C . Whibley . The Chronicle begins with the See also:accession of Henry IV. to the English See also:throne in 1399; it follows the strife between the houses of See also:Lancaster and York, and with Grafton's continuation carries the See also:story down to the death of Henry VIII. in 1547 . Hall presents the policy of this king in a very favourable See also:light and shows his own sympathy with the Protestants . For all kinds of ceremonial he has all a lawyer's respect, and his pages are often adorned and encumbered with the pageantry and material garniture of the story . The value of the Chronicle in its See also:early stages is not great, but this increases when dealing with the reign of Henry VII. and is very consider-able for the reign of Henry VIII . Moreover, the work is not only valuable, it is attractive .

To the historian it furnishes what is evidently the' testimony of an See also:

eye-See also:witness on several matters of importance which are neglected by other narrators; and to the student of literature it has the exceptional See also:interest of being one of the See also:prime See also:sources of See also:Shakespeare's See also:historical plays . See J . See also:Gairdner, Early Chroniclers of See also:Europe; See also:England (1879) .

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His first English ancester was Sir Frank/Francis de HALE/HALL, born around 1300 in Flanders (Hale near Tienen/Tirlemont), being a famous captain and even fieldmarshall of king Edward III during the Hundred Year War in France, overlord of Lillo (Antwerp), lord of Kruibeke (Antwerp), Knight of the Order of the Garter (1359/60)married at least 3 times. This family was originating from Asti (Northern-Italy) and was Jewish (bankers in Asti and Flanders). His brother Simon (de MIRABELLO) became even governor of the county of Flanders. He was murdered.
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