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{{Short description|12th-century English historian}} {{Essay-like|date=June 2024}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{distinguish|text=[[Henry of Scotland]], 3rd Earl of Huntingdon}} '''Henry of Huntingdon''' ({{langx|la|Henricus Huntindoniensis}}; {{circa}} 1088 β {{circa|lk=no}} 1157), the son of a [[canon (priest)|canon]] in the [[diocese of Lincoln]], was a [[English historians in the Middle Ages|12th-century English historian]] and the author of ''Historia Anglorum'' ([[Medieval Latin]] for "History of the English"), as "the most important [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]] historian to emerge from the [[secular clergy]]".<ref>Hollister, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TRMaCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 9]</ref> He served as [[archdeacon of Huntingdon]]. The few details of Henry's life that are known originated from his own works and from a number of official records. He was brought up in the wealthy court of [[Robert Bloet|Robert Bloet of Lincoln]], who became his patron. At the request of Bloet's successor, [[Alexander of Lincoln]], Henry began to write his ''Historia Anglorum'', first published around 1129, an account of the history of England from its beginnings up to the year 1154.
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