The Great Chronicle

To quote "Sources for the Reign of Richard III"
from the Richard III Society website....

"First of all, the London Chronicles. These seem
to have developed from lists of City officials with
historical notes added. There are many of them,
frequently partly based on eye-witness accounts
of events. Some were edited by C.L. Kingsford in
Chronicles of London, (1905, reprint 1977); the best
known is The Great Chronicle (edited by A.H. Thomas
and I.D. Thornley, 1983). Most of the London
Chronicles are anonymous, but The Great Chronicle
is probably by Robert Fabyan, an Alderman of London,
who also wrote The New Chronicles of England and
France (edited by Henry Ellis, 1811), a chronicle
written from a Londoner's point of view."

I have a copy of Fabyan`s Chronicle, also known as
'The Concordaunce of Hystoryes', but I don`t think
it`s the same one as the Great Chronicle. Could any
one tell me where this Great Chronicle is obtainable
from, or even if it`s online?

Alan

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<alanth252@...> wrote:
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> I have a copy of Fabyan`s Chronicle, also known as
> 'The Concordaunce of Hystoryes', but I don`t think
> it`s the same one as the Great Chronicle. Could any
> one tell me where this Great Chronicle is obtainable
> from, or even if it`s online?

They are not the same.

The Great Chronicle was printed by the City Of London in a beautiful
de-luxe edition of 500 copies in 1938. It was designed for
presentation to visitors, and not placed on sale. Copies are
sometimes available second hand - but cost some hundreds of UKP :-(

The was a Microprint reprint by Alan Sutton in 1983, with reduced size
text, which you should be able to find at a more reasonable price:
ISBN 0 0904387 99 2.

As far as I know, it's not on-line.