| Annals of St Neots | |
|---|---|
| Language | Latin |
| Date | c. 1120 – c. 1140[1] |
| Provenance | Bury St Edmunds Abbey |
| Manuscript(s) | Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.7.28 (770), pp. 1-74 |
| Genre | chronicle |
| Length | 75 leaves, five quires; approximately 165 x 113 mm (originally larger format, but the margins have been cut down)[2] |
| Period covered | 60 BC[clarification needed] – AD 914 |
| Sources | include Bede's Ecclesiastical History; Cuthbert's Epistola de Obitu Bedae ("Letter on the Death of Bede"); Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; West-Saxon king-lists; Asser's Life of Alfred; Abbo's Passio Sancti Eadmundi ("The Passion of St Edmund"); Norman annals; Annals of the Kings of France; Flodoard's Chronicle; Visio Eucherii ("Vision of Eucherius"); Vision of Charles the Fat; Visio Rollonis ("Vision of Rollo"); Vita Sancti Neoti ("Life of St Neot"); John of Worcester's Chronicle |
The Annals of St Neots is a Latin chronicle compiled and written at Bury St Edmunds Abbey in Suffolk, England, sometime around the range from 1120 to 1140. It covers the history of Britain, extending from its invasion by Julius Caesar in 55 BC[clarification needed] to the establishment of Normandy in AD 914. Like the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, it is chiefly concerned with Anglo-Saxon history, but it differs from it in adopting a distinct East Anglian perspective on certain events and weaving a significant amount of Frankish history into its narrative.