Harding's Chronicle
Title
Harding's Chronicle
Alternative Title
Full title: The chronicle of Ihon Hardyng : from the firste begynnyng of Englande, vnto the reigne of kyng Edward the Fourth wher he made an end of his chronicle : and from that tyme is added a continuacion of the storie in prose to this our tyme now first imprinted, gathered out of diuerse and sondery autours yt have write[n] of the affaires of Englande.
Creator
Hardyng, John, 1378-1465?
Publisher
Londini : Ex officina Richardi Graftoni, Mense Ianuarii, M.C.xliii.
Date
[January, 1543]
Format
[8], CCxxxviii, Cxlvi leaves ; 19 cm
Description
Harding's Chronicle, which is in verse, extends to 1461. "A continuacion of the chronicle of England", a prose compilation by Richard Grafton, extending the history to 1543, has separate divisional title with foliation commencing on 2A1.
In this edition the Continuation is revised and omits most of Henry VIII.
Quires a-m are on 8⁰ paper; the rest is 4⁰ in 8s.
Printer's device on final leaf.
In this edition the Continuation is revised and omits most of Henry VIII.
Quires a-m are on 8⁰ paper; the rest is 4⁰ in 8s.
Printer's device on final leaf.
Provenance
Bookplates: George Arnold, Es. ("One of the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Chamber"); George Thomas Robinson (British architect, 1829-1897), with motto, "Virtute non verbis"; and Charles Edward Harris St. John (1843-1917).
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.
Contributor
Grafton, Richard, -1572?, printer.
Language
English
Identifier
Dated 1543 .H37 STC (2nd ed.), 12767
ESTC, S103774
ESTC, S103774
Relation
Files
Citation
Hardyng, John, 1378-1465?, “Harding's Chronicle,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 26, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/727.