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Robert of Gloucester , fl. 1260-1300, English chronicler. Possibly a monk of Gloucester, he is known only from the vernacular metrical chronicle of English history that bears his name. The chronicle, which covers the period from the legendary Brut to 1270, may have been written by more than one person, for the two recensions vary in fullness of treatment. It is important both for philological studies and as a historical source for the Barons' War in the reign of Henry III.

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Robert of Gloucester (fl. 1260–1300), the reputed author of a metrical Chronicle of England from Brutus to Henry III, for much of which he drew upon Lazamon. It is written in long lines and is not the work of a single hand. It contains a famous description of the death of Simon de Montfort at the battle of Evesham and a section in praise of England.

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