Annals of St Neots
The Annals of St Neots is a Latin chronicle compiled and written at Bury St Edmunds in the English county of Suffolk between c. 1120 and c. 1140. It covers the history of Britain, extending from its invasion by Julius Caesar (55 B.C.) to the making of Normandy in 914. Like the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, it is chiefly concerned with Anglo-Saxon history, but it differs from it in adopting a distinct East Anglian perspective on certain events and weaving a significant amount of Frankish history into its narrative.
| Annals of St Neots | |
|---|---|
| Language | Latin |
| Date | c. 1120 x c. 1140 (Dumville's dating) |
| Provenance | Bury St Edmunds |
| Manuscript(s) | Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.7.28 (770), pp. 1-74 |
| Genre | chronicle |
| Length | 75 leaves, five quires; approximately 165 x 113 mm (originally larger format, but the margins have been cut down) |
| Period covered | 60 B.C. - 914 |
| Sources | include Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; Cuthbert's Epistola de Obitu Bedae; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; West-Saxon king-lists; Asser's biography of King Alfred; Abbo's Passio Sancti Eadmundi; Norman annals; Annales Regni Francorum; Flodoard's Chronicle; Visio Eucherii; Visio Karoli Crassi; Visio Rollonis; Vita Sancti Neoti; John of Worcester |
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