Florence of Worcester

Florence of Worcester, a chronicler who was a monk in the monastery of Worcester and died in 1118. His Chronicon, which comes down to 1116, in its earliest part is scarce more than a compilation from the Saxon Chronicle and Marianus Scotus; but about the year 1030 it becomes of greater value as an independent authority, meriting the approbation of Mr Freeman. It was edited by Benjamin Thorpe for the English Historical Society (2 vols. 1848), and translated by Forester (1847) and Stevenson (1853).