Edward Hall
HALL, or HALLE, EDWARD (1499?-1547). —Chronicler, born in London, studied successively at Cambridge and Oxford. He was a lawyer, and sat in Parliament for Bridgnorth, and served on various Commissions. He wrote a history of The Union of the two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke, commonly called Hall’s Chronicle. It was published after the author’s death by Richard Grafton, and was prohibited by Queen Mary.
Source: A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
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