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Andrew Wyntoun, known as Andrew of Wyntoun (c. 1350 – c. 1423) was a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 poet, a canon
Canon (priest)

A canon is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the Christianity clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule .Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergyhouse or, later, in one of the houses within the precinct or close of a cathedral and ordering his life according to the orders or rules of the church....
 and prior of Loch Leven
Prior of Loch Leven

The Prior of Loch Leven was the head of lands and of the community Augustinians Canon of St Serf's Inch Priory, Loch Leven . There was a Scottish C?li D? establishment there in the first half of the 12th century, allegedly found by Bridei IV of the Picts, King of the Picts ....
 on St Serf's Inch
St Serf's Inch

St Serf's Inch or St Serf's Island is an island in Loch Leven, in south-eastern Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was the home of a Culdee and then an Augustinian monastic community, St Serf's Inch Priory....
 and later, a canon of St. Andrews.

Andrew Wyntoun is most famous for his completion of an eight-syllabled metre entitled, Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland (which contains an early mention of Robin Hood
Robin Hood

Robin Hood is an archetype figure in English folklore, whose story originates from Middle Ages times but who remains significant in popular culture where he is known for robbing the rich to give to the poor and fighting against injustice and tyranny....
). Wyntoun wrote the 'Chronicle' at the request of his patron, Sir John of Wemyss, whose representative, Mr. Erskine Wemyss of Wemyss Castle
Wemyss Castle

Wemyss Castle is situated on the cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland....
, Fife
Fife

Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
, possessed the oldest extant manuscript
Manuscript

A manuscript is any document that is written by hand, as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way. The term may also be used for information that is hand-recorded in other ways than writing, for example inscriptions that are chiselled upon a hard material or scratched as with a knife point in plaster or with a stylus on a wa...
 of the work.






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Andrew Wyntoun, known as Andrew of Wyntoun (c. 1350 – c. 1423) was a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 poet, a canon
Canon (priest)

A canon is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the Christianity clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule .Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergyhouse or, later, in one of the houses within the precinct or close of a cathedral and ordering his life according to the orders or rules of the church....
 and prior of Loch Leven
Prior of Loch Leven

The Prior of Loch Leven was the head of lands and of the community Augustinians Canon of St Serf's Inch Priory, Loch Leven . There was a Scottish C?li D? establishment there in the first half of the 12th century, allegedly found by Bridei IV of the Picts, King of the Picts ....
 on St Serf's Inch
St Serf's Inch

St Serf's Inch or St Serf's Island is an island in Loch Leven, in south-eastern Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was the home of a Culdee and then an Augustinian monastic community, St Serf's Inch Priory....
 and later, a canon of St. Andrews.

Andrew Wyntoun is most famous for his completion of an eight-syllabled metre entitled, Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland (which contains an early mention of Robin Hood
Robin Hood

Robin Hood is an archetype figure in English folklore, whose story originates from Middle Ages times but who remains significant in popular culture where he is known for robbing the rich to give to the poor and fighting against injustice and tyranny....
). Wyntoun wrote the 'Chronicle' at the request of his patron, Sir John of Wemyss, whose representative, Mr. Erskine Wemyss of Wemyss Castle
Wemyss Castle

Wemyss Castle is situated on the cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland....
, Fife
Fife

Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
, possessed the oldest extant manuscript
Manuscript

A manuscript is any document that is written by hand, as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way. The term may also be used for information that is hand-recorded in other ways than writing, for example inscriptions that are chiselled upon a hard material or scratched as with a knife point in plaster or with a stylus on a wa...
 of the work. The subject of the 'Chronicle' is the history of Scotland from the mythical period to the accession of James I
James I of Scotland

James I was nominal King of Scots from 4 April 1406, and reigning King of Scots from May 1424 until 21 February 1437....
 in 1406.

The eight original manuscripts of the Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland still subsist today and are preserved within various facilities throughout the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. Three out of the eight original manuscripts are currently preserved by the British Library
British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is based in London and is one of the world's largest List of Research libraries, holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats; books, journals, newspapers, magazines, Sound recording, patents, databases, maps, stamps, Printmaking, drawings and much mor...
, two are in the possession of the Advocates' Library
Advocates' Library

The Advocates' Library is a law library belonging to the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh, founded in 1682. Until 1925 it was the deposit library for Scotland, after which the role was taken on by the National Library of Scotland....
 in Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
; one, within the University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews

The University of St Andrews is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between 1410 and 1413....
 Library; another, within the confines of Wemyss Castle
Wemyss Castle

Wemyss Castle is situated on the cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland....
 and the eighth, privately owned by Mister John Ferguson of Duns
Duns

Duns was created a Burgh of Barony in 1490 by James IV of Scotland, and is a former county town of Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders....
, Berwickshire
Berwickshire

Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland of Scotland, on the border with England....
. The first edition of the 'Chronicle' (based on the Royal manuscript) was published by David Macpherson
David Macpherson

David Joseph Macpherson , was a civil engineer graduate from Cornell University. His first work was as a city planner for San Antonio, Texas, but he is more recognized for his work on railroads, specifically the one from Ciudad Ju?rez to Mexico City, and the Santa Fe Railroad....
 in 1795, though the current standard edition was published by F.J. Amours as The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun: Printed on Parallel Pages from the Cottonian and Wemyss MSS., with the Variants of the Other Texts.

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  • at the TEAMS Medieval Texts website.