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William of Poitiers (c. 1020 - 1090)

Norman priest and chaplain of William of Normandy, for whom he chronicled the Norman Conquest in his Gesta Willelmi ducis Normannorum et regis Anglorum. Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Poitiers Other Links: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394175 - Authority - medieval
Relevant locations: Lived at or near Poitiers, Poitou-Charentes
Relationships: William of Poitiers was a employed by William I (the Conqueror) (1027/8-1087)

References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 13. Scala Mundi. Auctores ex quibus extrahitur, funt, 1. Brutus de gestis Britonum. 2. Venerabilis Beda de gestis Anglorum. 3. Willielmus Malmsburiensis de gestis Anglorum. 4. Will Pictavensis Cancellarius Parisiensis. 5. Frater Martinus Pænitentiarius Papæ. 6. Johannes de Porta. 7. Gildas. That this is a Book of great Value appears by the Character given it by a Right Reverend Author, who all will allow to be a most competent Judge, and who is pleased to mention it, with others of great Value referr'd to by Archbishop Usher, Mr. Selden, &c. (b)(b) Bishop of Carl, Hist. libr. I Vol. pag. 199.. Note, Tho' it ends many Years before the Reformation (viz. 12 H. 6.) yet in the Catalogue of Popes is inserted Johannes Papissa, with the same Hand as the rest of the Book.