__NOTOC__ Peter Langtoft, also known as Peter of Langtoft (; ; died ), was an English historian and chronicler who took his name from the small village of Langtoft in the

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. Langtoft was an Augustinian canon regular at

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Priory who wrote a history of England in Anglo-Norman verse, popularly known as Langtoft's Chronicle. The history narrates the history of England from the legendary founding of Britain by

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to the death of

King Edward I Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Latin: Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 ...

. The first part of Langtoft's

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is translated from

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's ("Tale of Brutus"), and the second part is drawn from a number of sources, including

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's ("History of the English"). The third part is widely considered to be original work by Langtoft, and he includes in it details not recorded elsewhere such as the fate of Gwenllian, daughter of

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, Prince of Wales. On the whole, the chronicle is virulently anti-Scottish and famously contains nine 'songs', in both Anglo-Norman and

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, supposedly capturing the taunts between English and Scottish soldiers during the Anglo-Scottish conflicts of the late 13th and early 14th centuries. Langtoft's Chronicle was the source of the second part of the

Chronicle A chronicle (, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events ...

Robert Mannyng Robert Mannyng (or Robert de Brunne; 1275 – c. 1338) was an English chronicler and Gilbertine canon. Mannyng provides a surprising amount of information about himself in his two known works, '' Handlyng Synne'' and '' Mannyng's Chronicle''. ...

, also known as

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, completed around 1338. Piers Langtoft's Chronicle as translated, illustrated, and improved by Mannyng was later transcribed and published in two volumes by Thomas Hearne in 1725.

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* * * Manuscript of Langtoft's Chronicle in the British Library
British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, Royal 20 A II

The Reign of Edward I
a chronicle written by Langtoft that is contained in a ''Trilingual compendium of texts'' in

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