William of Newbury

William of Newbury

(Newburgi, or Newbridge), a canon of the monastery of Newbury, Yorkshire, was born in 1136, probably at Bridlington, Yorkshire, and died in 1208. He left a valuable history of England, extending from the Norman Conquest to the year 1197, entitled Gulielmi Neubrigensis Rerumn Anglicaruns Libri V (Antwerp, 1567).