Fitzstephen

Cæsar mentions the English cocks in his Commentaries; but the earliest notice of cock-fighting in England, is by Fitzstephen the monk, who died in 1191.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 470, January 8, 1831 Various

Fitzstephen, in his Description of London, 1282, gives the following account of skating in Moor, or Finsbury Fields, which may afford amusement to the inquisitive reader: --

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 479, March 5, 1831 Various

Fitzstephen, writing later in the same century, remarks that

A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton

A little later in the same century, Fitzstephen, who wrote under Henry

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

[322] A great many other English chroniclers wrote in Latin, and among their number: Florence of Worcester, Simeon of Durham, Fitzstephen, the pseudo Benedict of Peterborough, William of Newburgh, Roger de Hoveden

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

Fitzstephen (Materials III, 47, quoted in Pollock and Maitland, History of English Law) says of the alleged customs: "They had never been previously written, nor were there any such customs in the Kingdom".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

Herbert of Bosham's work has not, therefore, the historical value of that of Fitzstephen, and it is also extremely verbose.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Under Henry II, who viewed the Londoners with disfavour owing to their repulse of his mother, we have our first contemporary account of London, the vivid description of Fitzstephen, monk of Canterbury, and friend and biographer of St. Thomas.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Fitzstephen, writing in the time of Edward II, describes the ponds at Moorfields where the citizens of London skated.

Chats on Household Curios 1900

Under its arch possibly stood London's first chronicler, Fitzstephen, the monk, when he saw the famous horse fairs that took place in Smithfield every Friday, which he described so graphically.

Vanishing England 1892