biography
pronunciation:
[wolsingam]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (?–c.1422)
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| biography:
| English chronicler and monk. He was associated chiefly with St Albans abbey, but for a time was prior of Wymondham. An authority for English history from 1377 until 1422, he compiled Historia Anglicana, 1272–1422 and other works. |
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