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[[File:1577 printing of Holinshed's Chronicles.jpg|thumb|First edition of Holinshed's ''Chronicles'']]
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'''Raphael Holinshed''' ({{circa|1525}}–before 24 April 1582) was an English [[chronicle]]r, who was most famous for his work on ''The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande'', commonly known as ''[[Holinshed's Chronicles]]''. It was the "first complete printed history of England composed as a continuous narrative".{{sfn|Taufer|1999|p=135}} ''The Holinshed Chronicles'' was a major influence on many Renaissances writers, such as [[William Shakespeare]], Spenser, Daniel, and Marlowe.{{sfn|Holinshed's Chronicles, 1577}}
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Vernon Snow, an author who writes an introduction to ''Holinshed's Chronicles'' in the later edition, remarks that Holinshed was an experienced Cambridge-educated translator. As far as anyone knows, no other known works by Holinshed are available. A few months after the ''Chronicles'' had been licensed, Holinshed retired to the countryside near Warwick where he died around 1580. His will was proven on 24 April 1582, leaving his belongings and estate to a Mr. Burdet, whom he referred to as his master. {{sfn|Cooper|1858|p=431}} ''Holinshed's Chronicles'' was published soon after his death.
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The idea for ''Holinshed's Chronicles'' was born from [[Reginald
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▲The idea for ''Holinshed Chronicles'' was born from Reginald (or Reyner) Wolfe. A London printer, Wolfe was one of the original members of the Royal Stationers' Company. In 1548 Reyner Wolfe conceived the idea of creating a "Universal Cosmography of the whole world, and there with also certain particular histories of every known nation". He wanted the work to be printed in English and he wanted maps and illustrations in the book as well. Wolfe acquired many of [[John Leland (antiquary)|John Leland]]'s works and with these he constructed chronologies and drew maps that were up to date. This took over 24 years of his life; however, when Wolfe realized he could not complete this project on his own, he hired Raphael Holinshed and William Harrison to assist him. {{sfn|Taufer|1999|p=135}}
Wolfe died with the work still uncompleted in 1573, and the project, changed to a work about Britain (England and Scotland) and Ireland, was run by a consortium of three members of the [[Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers|London stationers]]. They kept Raphael Holinshed, who employed [[William Harrison (priest)|William Harrison]], [[Richard Stanyhurst]], [[Edmund Campion]] and [[John Hooker (English constitutionalist)|John Hooker]]. In 1577, the work was published in two volumes after some censorship by the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] of some of Stanyhurst's contribution on Ireland.{{sfn|Clegg|2015}}
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