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John Rous

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English historian and antiquarian (1411-1491)

United KingdomWritersLived 1411 to 1492 · aged 81
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John Rous was an English historian and antiquary, most noted for his Historia Regum Angliae, which describes ancient British and English rulers from Brutus to King Henry VII.

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John Rous, as depicted in the Rous Roll (1845 engraving after the original)John Rous, as depicted in the Rous Roll (1845 engraving after the original)Depiction of King Richard III and his family in the Rous Roll, showing his various heraldic crests and his white boar badge, with the Warwick bear of his wifeDepiction of King Richard III and his family in the Rous Roll, showing his various heraldic crests and his white boar badge, with the Warwick bear of his wife

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John Rous was an English historian and antiquary, most noted for his Historia Regum Angliae, which describes ancient British and English rulers from Brutus to King Henry VII. His historical work is now considered to have "displayed no critical faculty" and to have made credulous the "imaginative embellishments (of) the myths of Geoffrey of Monmouth." However his Rous Roll and Warwick Roll are noted for their historically important illustrations, often credited to Rous's hand but not with certainty.

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United Kingdom
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deceased
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Lived 1411 to 1492 · aged 81
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5 languages

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