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- Hall also spelled:
- Halle
- Born:
- c. 1498,, London, Eng.
- Died:
- April 1547, Eng.
- Subjects Of Study:
- England
- history of United Kingdom
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Edward Hall
English historian
Also known as: Edward Halle
Edward Hall (born c. 1498, London, Eng.ādied April 1547, Eng.) was an English historian whose chronicle was one of the chief sources of William Shakespeareās history plays.
Educated at Eton and at Kingās College, Cambridge, Hall became common sergeant of London in 1533 and undersheriff in 1535. He was also a member of Parliament for Wenlock (1529) and Bridgnorth (1542) in Shropshire. The value of Hallās great work, of which the full title is The Union of the Two Noble and Illustrate Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke (1548; 2nd ed., 1550), is very considerable for the contemporary reign of Henry VIII, and its literary quality is higher than that of most chronicles of the time.
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