Geoffrey of Coldingham
Geoffrey of Coldingham was a late 12th and early 13th-century monk and chronicler.
Geoffrey is noted as the
There were four different Geoffreys who became members of the Durham cathedral chapter in the correct time frame, and one of these was the chronicler, as Coldingham was a dependent priory of Durham. Besides the chronicle, it is possible that Geoffrey was the author of two hagiographies about Bartholomew of Farne and Godric of Finchale, which were composed in the late 12th century.[1]
The chronicle and its various continuations have been published by James Raine and the Surtees Society as Historiae Dunelmensis Scriptores Tres, Gaufridus de Coldingham, Robertus de Graystanes et Willielmus de Chambre in 1839.[2]
Geoffrey died probably around 1215, as his chronicle ends abruptly about that time.[1]
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- ISBN 0-8014-0770-2.
- Piper, A. J. (2004). "Coldingham, Geoffrey of (d. c.1215)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5841. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)