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Henry Knighton (or Knyghton) (died c. 1396, in England) was an Augustinian canon at the abbey of St Mary of the Meadows, Leicester, England, and an ecclesiastical historian (chronicler).[1] He wrote a history of England from the Norman conquest until 1396, thought to be the year he died.[2]

  1. ^ Vaughan, p. 246 footnote 24
  2. ^ G. H. Martin (2004). "Knighton, Henry (d. c.1396), chronicler and Augustinian canon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15747. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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