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Camden Record Society Old Series

This series contains a number of volumes published by the Camden Society, whose successor the Royal Historical Society continues to published the Camden series. The volumes are editions of sources for British history.

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The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the Fifteenth Century

Camden Record Society, Old Series, volume 17. This Camden Society volume is in three parts. The bulk of the book is the Chronicle of London by William Gregory, a London skinner and mayor of the fifteenth century. It also contains John Page's poem on the siege of Rouen and Lydgate's verses on the kings of England.

Three Fifteenth-Century Chronicles with Historical Memoranda by John Stowe

An edition of a London chronicle beginning in the reign of Richard I, but of particular importance for the reigns of Henry VI and Edward IV. It also contains extensive notes on the chronicle by the sixteenth-century antiquary and historian John Stow. Originally published as Camden Society, new series, vol. 28.

The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London, 1550-1563

This volume from the Camden Society series covers a period of rapid political and religious change in the reigns of Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, as observed and recorded by a citizen of London.

Chronicle of the Grey Friars of London Camden Society Old Series: Volume 53

Describes political and religious events in London from the time of Richard I to that of Mary I, arranged by reign. The bulk of the volume is concentrated on the sixteenth century.