Thomas Wykes (11 March 1222c. 1292),

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, was a

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, near

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. He was the author of a chronicle extending from 1066 to 1289, which is printed among the monastic annals edited by

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for the Rolls Series. He gives an account of the

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from a royalist standpoint, and is a severe critic of Montfort's policy. His work regarding the reign of

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is especially useful. His chronicles are connected with the ''Oseney Annals'', which are printed parallel with his work by Luard, but Wykes is an independent authority between 1258 and 1278.

References

* * H. R. Luard's ''Annales monastici'', vol. iv. (186

and earlier edition in Thomas Gale (classical scholar), Thomas Gale's ''Scriptores quinque'', pgs. 21-128 {{DEFAULTSORT:Wykes, Thomas English chroniclers 13th-century English historians 1222 births 1290s deaths Place of birth unknown Place of death unknown Writers from Oxford