Excerpt from The Book of the Illustrious Henries The town of Lynn stands on the east side of the mouth of the Ouse. It has been called Lynn Regis since the time of Henry the Eighth: before, it had been called Lynn Episcopi, or Bishop's Lynn. It is a very interesting place, and still retains many proofs of its importance in the Middle Ages, in its five Churches, its noble old gates, and in the remnants of its once numerous Monasteries. Here, in April 1393, John Capgrave was born. This he tells us himself, in his Chronicle of England: "in this 3 ere," he writes, "in the xxi. day of Aprile, was that Frere bore whech mad these Annotaciones." Nothing is now known of his family or parentage, but it is clear that some of his relations were, like himself, Augustinians, for he tells us, in the Prologue to his Metrical Life of S. Katharine: - "If ye wil wete what that I am, Myn cuntre is Northfolk, of the toune of Lynne: Oute of the world, to my profite, I cam, About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.