William de Shepesheved
William de Shepesheved (c. 1270–c. 1339) was an English chronicler and Cistercian monk.[1]
Life
William de Shepesheved presumably took his name from Shepshed in Leicestershire.[1] He was a monk of the Cistercian house of Crokesden, Staffordshire. He wrote a list of the names of the monks of the house and chronicles of English history from 1066 down to 1320.[2] These are extant in manuscript.[3]
See also
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Summerson 2021.
- Back to citation Bateson 1897, p. 51.
- Back to citation BL, Cotton MS. Faustina B. vi., fols. 69–94; Bodleian Library, Dodsworth MS. 78; Summerson 2021.
Bibliography
- Summerson, Henry (2021). "Shepesheved, William (c. 1270–c. 1339)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25327. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
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Further reading
- Greenslade, M. W; Pugh, R. B., eds. (1970). "9. The Abbey of Croxden". A History of the County of Stafford. Vol. 3. London: A. Constable. p. 230.
- Lynam, Charles (1911). The Abbey of St. Mary, Croxden, Staffordshire. A Monograph. London: Sprague & Co.
- Morgan, Philip (2016). "Historical Writing in the North-West Midlands and the Chester Annals of 1385–88". In Bothwell, James; Dodd, Gwilym (eds.). Fourteenth Century England IX. Boydell & Brewer. Cambridge University Press. pp. 109–129. doi:10.1017/9781782047704.007.