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Jocelin of Brakelond
flourished c. 1173-1211

Jocelin of Brakelond was a twelfth-century English monk and chronicler of Bury St. Edmund’s. He entered the abbey in 1173 and was appointed by Abbot Sampson as chaplain, which he served from 1182 to 1188. His chronicle covers the history of the abbey from 1173 to 1202. He also wrote a hagiography of St. Robert of Bury that is not extant. TLM

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OMSB Records by Jocelin of Brakelond:

• Jane, L. C., ed., The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond Monk of St. Edmundsbury: A Picture of Monastic and Social Life on the XIIth Century (London: Chatto and Windus, 1907).
• Amt, Emilie, ed., Medieval England 1000-1500: A Reader (Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures, VI. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 2000).
• Arnold, Thomas, ed., Memorials of St. Edmund's Abbey. (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 3 vols., (Rolls Series, No. 96), 1890-96).
• Rokewode, John Gage, ed., Chronica Jocelini de Brakelonda de rebus Gestis Samsonis Abbatis Monstaerii Sancti Edmundi (London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son (Camden Society, No. 13), 1840).
• Greenway, Diana and Sayers, Jane, ed. and trans., The Chronicle of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds (Oxford University Press:New York, 1989).