Henry Knighton

For the English artist, see Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond.

Abbey ruins St Mary of the Meadows

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.)