The Chronicle of the Abbey of St Edmunds is a chronicle concerning the history of the Benedictine abbey at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England, between the years 1173 and 1202.[1] It was written in 1198[2][dubious – discuss] by Jocelin of Brakelond, a monk at the abbey.[3]
John Gage Rokewode published an edition of the Latin chronicle in 1840.[4] An annotated translation was then published by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins in 1844.[5] Thomas Carlyle's Past and Present, contrasting medieval and modern culture, prominently featured Abbot Samson as presented by the Chronicle. Other editions include Ernest Clarke's in 1903[6] and Diana Greenway & Jane E. Sayers's in 1989.[7]