Thomas Sprott (chronicler)

Chronicles

Misattributions

• A roll, with no title, in the possession of Joseph Mayer, was printed in facsimile and ascribed to Sprott. It contained brief chronicles from the beginning of the world to 1307. This work dates from the 15th century, and is no longer considered to be by Sprott. It consists almost entirely of abstracts from the Flores Historiarum formerly ascribed to "Matthew of Westminster". A translation of the roll, with the title Sprott's Chronicle of Sacred and Profane History, was issued by William Bell.
• Distinct again is a chronicle of general history from the creation to 1339, printed by Thomas Hearne in 1719 as Sprott's; with a number of Fragmenta Sprottiana, from a manuscript of Sir Edward Dering. The chronicle is of the late 14th century, and attribution to Sprott is no longer supported.