See also:

• HIGDON (or HIGDEN), RANULF (c. 1299—c. 1363)

HIGDON (or HIGDEN), RANULF (c. 1299—c. 1363)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English chronicler, was a See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

monk of the monastery of St Werburg in See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester, in which he lived, it is said, for sixty-four years, and died " in a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good old See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age," probably in 1363 . See also:

• HIGDON (or HIGDEN), RANULF (c. 1299—c. 1363)

Higdon was the author of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle, one of several such See also:

• WORKS

works based on a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan taken from Scripture, and written for the amusement and instruction of his society . It closes the long See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles, which were soon superseded by the invention of See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing . It is commonly styled the Polychronicon, from the longer See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Ranulphi See also:

• CASTRENSIS, PAULUS

Castrensis, cognomine Higdon, Polychronicon (sive Historia Polycratica) ab initio mundi usque ad mortem regis Edwardi III. in septem libros dispositum . The See also:

• WORK

work is divided into seven books, in humble See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of the seven days of See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

Genesis, and, with exception of the last See also:

• BOOK

book, is a See also:

• SUMMARY

summary of general See also:

• HISTORY

history, a compilation made with considerable See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style and See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste . It seems to have enjoyed no little popularity in the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . It was the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard work on general history, and more than a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred See also:

• MSS

MSS. of it are known to exist . The See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church MS. says that Higdon wrote it down to the See also:

• YEAR

year 1342; the See also:

• FINE

fine MS. at Christ's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAM (CAO), DIOGO (fl. 1480-1486)

Cam-See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, states that he wrote to the year 1344, after which date, with the. omission of two years, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John of See also:

• MALVERN

Malvern, a monk of See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester, carried the history on to 1357, at which date it ends . According, however, to its latest editor, Higdon's See also:

• PART

part of the work goes no further than 1326 or 1327 at latest, after which See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time it was carried on by two continuators to the end . See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• GALE
• GALE, THEOPHILUS (1628-1678)
• GALE, THOMAS (?1636-17o2)

Gale, in his Hist . Brit . &c., scriptores, xv .

(Oxon., 1691), published that portion of it, in the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original Latin, which comes down to io66 . Three See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of the Polychronicon exist . The first was made by John of Trevisa, See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain to See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• BERKELEY
• BERKELEY, GEORGE (1685–1753)
• BERKELEY, MILES JOSEPH (1803-1889)
• BERKELEY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1608-1677)

Berkeley, in 1387, and was printed by See also:

• CAXTON, WILLIAM (c. 1422-1491)

Caxton in 1482; the second by an See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous writer, was written between 1432 and 1450; the third, based on Trevisa's version, with the addition of an eighth book, was prepared by Caxton . These versions are specially valuable as illustrating the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of the English See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language during the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period they See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover . The Polychronicon, with the continuations and the English versions, was edited for the Rolls Series (No . 41) by See also:

• CHURCHILL (MISSINNIPPI or ENGLISH)
• CHURCHILL, CHARLES (1731-1764)
• CHURCHILL, LORD RANDOLPH HENRY SPENCER (1849-1895)

Churchill See also:

• BABINGTON, ANTHONY (1561–1586)
• BABINGTON, CHURCHILL (1821-1889)

Babington (vols. i. and ii.) and See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Rawson Lumby (1865--1886) . This edition was adversely criticized by Mandell See also:

• CREIGHTON, MANDELL (1843—1901)

Creighton in the Eng . Hist . Rev. for See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1888 .