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Excerpt from Rogeri De Wendover Chronica, Sive Flores Historiarum, Vol. 1
It is only left us to consider Wendover in his character as an historian, as it may be gathered from his work and elsewhere. A manuscript chartulary of S. Alban's abbey, written at the close of the fifteenth century, describes him as the man to whom the historians of England owe nearly all which they have. In this chartulary, however, the scribe has committed an error in stating that Wendover's history extended only so far as to the reign of Henry the second; we shall presently see that the third king of that name is evidently intended. Bale Speaks of him as a man from his earliest years most eager in his pursuit of knowledge. Pits, from Stowe, writes that he was a diligent searcher into those things which were going on around him, and that be carefully and honestly registered all the most remarkable events of his time, which either he had himself seen, or had received from trust worthy authority. Selden, in his notes upon the Historia Novorum of Eadmer, l observes, that all the former part of the history of Mat thew Paris, that namely from the Conquest to the nineteenth year of Henry the third, is due to Wendover. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
