John de Taxster

[7] He does not seem to have held any notable position at the abbey[6] and is remembered for his contribution to the Bury Chronicle, where he seems to have written the section from the Creation to 1265[8] during the early 1260s.

[10] Overall, Taxster himself seems to have supported the baronial party, criticizing the severity and foreignness of King Henry III and Queen Eleanor and noting the popular veneration of Simon de Montfort.

[2] His notice of the miracles credited to Simon de Montfort's relics appear to have been scratched from the Cotton Julius manuscript, probably around 1266 when Henry III returned to power.

His section covers all of the time from the Creation to 1265 but nearly all of the early entries are simply copied from John of Worcester and other sources.

[12][6] His original content is usually considered to begin with the entry for the year 1212,[8] although it's a bit uncertain given that surviving manuscripts of the Annals are missing their final pages.