who was a monk in the abbey of St Albans, and who died prior of Belvoir in 1237, left behind him a Latin chronicle entitled Flores Historiarum ("The Flowers of History"). It is a history of the world from the creation to 1235, and is usually considered by critics as divided into three parts. The first part, which treats of all events before A.D. 447, is taken bodily from the Greek and Roman historians, and from Geoffrey of Monmouth, and is of little or no value. The second part, bringing the narrative down to about 1200, is copied from many of the best of preceding chronicles, and is worthy of being preserved on account of its extracts from numerous works which are now lost. The last part, recording the events which happened within the author's own sight or hearing, is precious as an original history of that age. The Chronicle of Roger de Wendover, with the exception of the first part, has been edited by the Rev. H. C. Coxe, in 4 vols. 8vo. London, 1841–42. An English translation, published in 1849 by Dr J. A. Giles, forms two volumes of Bohn's "Antiquarian Library." Matthew of Paris incorporated, with few alterations, the Flowers of History into his own Chronicle.