| A Short English Chronicle | |
|---|---|
| Lambeth Palace Library, MS 306 | |
 The first page of A Short Chronicle of England.[note 1] | |
| Also known as | Short English Chronicle |
| Type | Chronicle |
| Date | 1464 |
| Place of origin | London, England |
| Size | 80 leaves |
| Format | Double columns |
| Contents | English mythology, verse on the history of the kings of England, chronicle narrative of the years 1422–1465 |
| Additions | Comments by John Stow |
| Previously kept | John Stow in 16th century |
| Discovered | James Gairdner in 1880 |
A Short English Chronicle (also Short English Chronicle)[3] is a chronicle produced in England in the first half of the 15th century. It is currently held in Lambeth Palace Library, and although it begins its coverage in 1189, its content is thin until it reaches 1422. It covers the years from then until 1464 (the year in which it is thought to have been created) in greater depth, ending with the marriage of the Yorkist King Edward IV to Elizabeth Woodville and the capture of the deposed Lancastrian King, Henry VI. It is one of a number of chronicles and writings emitting from London in the early 15th century, and it presents national political events from a London perspective.
The chronicle was first published in 1880 by James Gairdner and has remained a source for historians into the 20th century, generally more for what it tells them regarding the creation and use of chronicles than its historiographical value. Gairdner suggested that while it was severely lacking in the first few hundred years of its chronology, the details Short Chronicle provided on the reigns of Henry and Edward made it useful.
- ^ Gairdner 1880, p. i.
- ^ Gairdner 1880, p. 1 n.1.
- ^ Gairdner 1880, pp. i, 1.
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