Historia Anglorum
The British Library's manuscript is the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253,
composed and written by Matthew Paris between 1250-1255, and also includes part III of the Chronica Maiora by Matthew Paris, covering the years 1254-1259.
The manuscript includes numerous shields with coats of arms upright or inverted, indicating births, coronations, or deaths of kings, nobles, clerics, and knights.
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Death of Harold Godwinson
King of England -
William of Normandy
Crowned King of England
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Death of William I
King of England -
William II
Crowned King of England
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Henry I
Crowned King of England
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Death of Godfrey de Bouillon
King of Jerusalem -
Baldwin
Crowned King of Jerusalem
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Death of Philip I
King of France
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Banner of the Knights Templar
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Death of Philip, son of Louis VI
Associate King of France
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Death of Henry I
King of England -
Stephen
Crowned King of England
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Death of Fulk
King of Jerusalem
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Death of Stephen
King of England -
Henry II
Crowned King of England
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Philip II
Crowned Associate King of France -
Death of Louis VII
King of France
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Death of Henry the Young King
King of England
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Death of Henry II
King of England -
Richard I
Crowned King of England
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Otto IV
Crowned King of Germany
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Death of Richard I
King of England -
John
Crowned King of England
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Otto IV
Crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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Death of Geoffrey de Mandeville
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Death of Eustace de Vescy
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Death of John
King of England
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Henry III
Crowned King of England
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Death of William Marshal
Earl of Pembroke
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Death of Saer de Quincy
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Death of Henry de Bohun
Earl of Hereford -
Death of Robert de Quincy
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Biham
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Death of William d'Aubigny
Earl of Arundel
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Death of Philip II
King of France
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Richard de Cornwall
Earl of Cornwall
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Death of Hugo Bigod
Earl of East Anglia
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Death of William de Longespée
Count of Salisbury
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Death of Louis VIII
King of France -
Louis IX
Crowned king of France
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Death of William de Mandeville
Count of Essex
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Death of William de Brause
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Banner of England
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Raymond de Burgh
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Death of Gilbert de Clare
Earl of Hertford and Gloucester -
Death of William Marshal
Earl of Pembroke
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Death of Ralph de Blundeville
Earl of Chester
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Death of Richard Marshal
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Gilbert Marshall
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Death of William d'Aubigny
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Death of John of Brienne
King of Jerusalem -
Death of John of Brienne
King of Jerusalem
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Death of William de Cantelupe
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Death of William of Savoy
Bishop-elect of Valance-sur-Rhône -
Death of Henry of Trubleville
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Death of Ralph de Thony
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Death of Dareines
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Death of John de Barres
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Death of Henry II
Count of Bar -
Banner of the Hospitallers
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Banner of the Knights Templar
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Death of John de Lacy
Earl of Lincoln -
Death of William
Earl of Warenne
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Death of Gilbert Marshal
Earl of Herford
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Death of Stephan de Segrave
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Death of William de Marisco
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Banner of William Marisco
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Death of Geoffrey de Marisco
Justiciar of Ireland
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Death of Henry
King of the Romans -
Death of Thomas
Earl of Warwick -
Death of Richard de Burgh
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Death of Hugh d'Aubigny
Earl of Arundel -
Death of Hubert de Burgh
Earl of Kent
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Death of Baldwin
Count of Devon -
Death of Herbert Fitz-Matthew
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Richard of Clare
Count of Clare
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Death of Raimund
Count of Provence -
Death of William Marshal
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Death of Gilbert II Marshal
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Death of Fulk de Chateauneuf
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Death of Henry Raspe
Landgrave of Thuringia -
Death Henry Raspe
King of Germany
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William Holland
King of Germany -
William Holland
Count of Zeeland
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William de Valence
Brother of Henry III
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Enzio Hohenstaufen
King of Sardinia
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Death of Roger Balliol
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Death of Alexander
King of Scotland -
Death of Hugh Brun
Count of Marche -
Death of Peter Genuere
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Not identified
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Death of Peter Genuere
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Death of William
Count of Longspée -
Death of William
Castellan of Saint Omer -
Death of Hugh IV
Castellan of Ghent -
Death of the Count of Boulogne
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Death of Robert
Count of Artois -
Death of Raul de Coucy
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Death of Frederick II
Holy Roman Emperor
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King of Castile
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King of France
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Banner of France
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King of England
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King of Norway
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King of Jerusalem
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Death of William de Vescy
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Unidentified shield
Incomplete
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Death of William
Count of Ferrers
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Death of Henry
Son of Frederick II, and nephew of the King of England
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Death of Conrad
Son of Emperor Frederick II
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Manfred
Son of Emperor Frederick II
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Death of Walter de Cantelupe
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Hernaldus de Bosco
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Death of William
Baron of Munchensy
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William
King of Holland
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Death of Thomas of Savoy
Count of Flanders