See also:

• RALPH (d. 1122)

RALPH OF COGGESHALL (d. after 1227)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English chronicler, was at first a 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 and afterwards See also:

• SIXTH

sixth See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot (1207—1218) of Coggeshall, an See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the Cistercian See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . See also:

• RALPH (d. 1122)

Ralph himself tells us these facts; and that his resignation of the abbacy was made against the wishes of the brethren, in consequence of his See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad See also:

• HEALTH

health . He took up and continued a Chronicon Anglicanum belonging to his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house; the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• WORK

work begins at 1066, his own See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share at 1187 . He hoped to reach the See also:

• YEAR

year 1227, but his autograph copy breaks off three years earlier . Ralph makes no pretensions to be a See also:

• LITERARY

literary artist . Where he had' a written authority before him he was content to reproduce even the phraseology of his original . At other times he strings together in See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological order, without any links of connexion, the anecdotes which he gathered from See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance visitors . Unlike " See also:

• BENEDICTUS

Benedictus " and See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger of Hoveden, he makes little use of documents; only three letters are quoted in his work . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the corrections and erasures of the autograph show that he took pains to verify his details; and his inform-ants are sometimes worthy of exceptional confidence . Thus he vouches See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard's See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain See also:

• ANSELM
• ANSELM (c. 1033-1109)

Anselm for the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture by See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria . The See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone of the See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle is usually dispassionate; but the original See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text contained some See also:

• PERSONAL

personal strictures upon See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince 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, which are reproduced in Roger of See also:

• WENDOVER

Wendover . The admiration with which Ralph regarded See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry II. is attested by his edition of Ralph See also:

• NIGER
• NIGER, GAIUS PESCENNIUS

Niger's chronicle; here, under the year 1161, he replies to the in-temperate criticisms of the original author .

On Richard I. the abbot passes a judicious See also:

• VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict, admitting the See also:

• GREAT

great qualities of that king, but arguing that his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character degenerated . Towards John alone Ralph is uniformly hostile; as a Cistercian and an adherent of the See also:

• MANDEVILLE, BERNARD DE (1670-1733)
• MANDEVILLE, GEOFFREY DE (d. 1144)

Mandeville See also:

• FAMILY

family he could hardly be otherwise . Ralph refers in the Chronicon (s.a . 1091) to a See also:

• BOOK

book of visions and miracles which he had compiled, but this is no longer extant . He also wrote a continuation of Niger's chronicle, extending from 1162 to 1178 (printed in R . See also:

• ANSTRUTHER (locally pronounced Anster)

Anstruther's edition of Niger, See also:

• LONDON

London, 1851), and See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals from Io66 to 1223 . The autograph See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript of the Chronicon Anglicanum is to be found in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum (See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton, See also:

• VESPASIAN

Vespasian D . X ) . The same See also:

• VOLUME

volume contains the continuation of Ralph Niger . The Chronicon Terrae Sanctae, formerly attributed to Ralph, Is by another hand; it was among the See also:

• SOURCES

sources on which he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew for the Chronicon Anglicanum . The so-called Libellus de motibus anglicanis sub rege Johanne (printed by Martene and See also:

• DURAND, ASHER BROWN (1796-1886)
• DURAND, GUILLAUME (d. 1334)
• DURAND, GUILLAUME (GUILLELMUS DURANDUS)

Durand, Ampl . Collectio, v. pp .

871–882) is merely an excerpt from the Chronicon Anglicanum . This latter work was edited for the Rolls See also:

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

series in 1875 by J . See also:

• STEVENSON, ADLA1 EWING (1835- )
• STEVENSON, ROBERT (1772-1850)
• STEVENSON, ROBERT LEWIS BALFOUR (1850-1894)

Stevenson . (H . W . C .