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Holinshed

American

[hol-inz-hed, hol-in-shed] / ˈhɒl ɪnzˌhɛd, ˈhɒl ɪnˌʃɛd /

noun

Raphael, died c1580, English chronicler.

Holinshed British

/ ˈhɒlɪnʃɛd /

noun

Raphael. died ?1580, English chronicler. His Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1577) provided material for Shakespeare's historical and legendary plays

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Bourne wasn't sure how Scott-Warren would respond to the Holinshed notations, describing him as "very conservative" when it comes to reaching such verdicts.

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Milton himself repeatedly quoted Holinshed in his Commonplace Book, to support his republican views.

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Milton's handwriting evolved in the 1630s and the version preserved in the Holinshed matches entries dating from the early 1640s in both manuscripts.

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The trail of the Holinshed goes cold for well over a century.

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Your Honours most humble to be commanded, Raphael Holinshed.

From Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by Harrison, William

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