William Rishanger (born 1250), nicknamed "Chronigraphus", was an English annalist and Benedictine monk of St.
[1] Rishanger quite likely wrote the Opus Chronicorum, a continuation from 1259 of Matthew Paris's Chronicle.
In effect it is a history of his own times from 1259 to 1307, a spirited and trustworthy account, albeit in parts not original.
[1] He wrote a history of the reign of Edward I of England, and a work on the Barons' War; and was probably the continuator of Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani.
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