Surviving Manuscripts
Of the nine surviving manuscripts, seven are written entirely in Old English (also known as Anglo-Saxon). One, known as the Bilingual Canterbury Epitome, is in Old English with a translation of each annal into Latin. Another, the Peterborough Chronicle, is in Old English except for the last entry, which is in early Middle English. The oldest (Corp. Chris. MS 173) is known as the Winchester Chronicle or the Parker Chronicle (after Matthew Parker, an Archbishop of Canterbury, who once owned it). Six of the manuscripts were printed in an 1861 edition for the Rolls Series by Benjamin Thorpe with the text laid out in columns labelled A to F. Following this convention, the three additional manuscripts are often called, and . The surviving manuscripts are listed below.
| Version | Chronicle name | Location | Manuscript |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Winchester (or Parker) Chronicle | Parker Library, Corpus Christi College | 173 |
| B | Abingdon Chronicle I | British Library | Cotton Tiberius A. vi |
| C | Abingdon Chronicle II | British Library | Cotton Tiberius B. i |
| D | Worcester Chronicle | British Library | Cotton Tiberius B. iv |
| E | Peterborough (or Laud) Chronicle | Bodleian Library | Laud misc. 636 |
| F | Bilingual Canterbury Epitome | British Library | Cotton Domitian viii |
| G or A2 or W | A copy of the Winchester Chronicle | British Library | Cotton Otho B. xi + Otho B. x |
| H | Cottonian Fragment | British Library | Cotton Domitian ix |
| I | An Easter Table Chronicle | British Library | Cotton Caligula A. xv |
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