PETER

See also:

• PETER LANGTOFT (d. c. 1307)

LANGTOFT (d. c. 1307)  , English chronicler, took his name from the village of Langtoft in Yorkshire, and was a canon of the Augustinian priory in Bridlington . His name is also given as Langetoft and Langetost . He wrote in French verse a Chronicle dealing with the history of England from the earliest times to the death of Edward I. in 1307 . It consists of three parts and contains about 9000 rhyming verses . The earlier part of the Chronicle is taken from Geoffrey of Monmouth and other writers; for the period dealing with the reign of Edward I . Langtoft is a contemporary and valuable authority, esuecially for affairs in the north of England and in Scotland . Langtoft's Chronicle seems to have enjoyed considerable popularity in the north, and the latter part of it was translated into English by Robert Mannyng, sometimes called Robert of Brunne, about 1330 . It has been edited for the Rolls Series by T . Wright (1866–1868) . See Wright's preface, and also O . Preussner, Robert Mannyng of Brunne's Ubersetsung von Pierre de Langtofts Chronicle and ihr Verhaltniss sum Originale (Breslau, 1891) .