RICHARD OF HEXHAM (fl. 1141)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V23,
Page 298
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
RICHARD OF HEXHAM (fl. 1141)
, English chronicler, became prior of Hexham about 1141, and died between 1163 and 1178
.
He wrote Brevis Annotatio, a short, history of the 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 of Hexham from 674 to 1138, for which he borrowed from Bede, Eddius and Simeon of Durham
.
This is published by J
.
Raine in The Priory of Hexham, its Chroniclers, Endowments and Annals (Durham, 1864-65)
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More important is his Historia de gestis regis Stephani et de bello Standardii, very valuable for the history of the north of England during the earlier part of the reign of Stephen, and especially for the battle of the Standard
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This history, which is a contemporary one, covers the period from the death of See also: - HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- 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 (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- 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 I. in 1135 to early in 1139
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It has been edited for the Rolls Series by R
.
Howlett in the Chroniclers of the Reigns of Stephen, Henry H. and Richard I., vol. iii
.
(1886) ; and has been translated by J
.
Stevenson in the Church Historians of England, vol. iv
.
(1856)
.
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