HEMINGPURGH, WALTER OF, also commonly, but erroneously, called Walter Hemingford, a Latin chronicler of the 14th century, was a canon regular of the Austin priory of Gis burn in Yorkshire. Hence he is sometimes known as Walter of Gisburn (Walterus Gisburnensis). Bale seems to have been the first to give him the name by which he became more commonly known. His chronicle embraces the period of English history from the Conquest (1o66) to the nineteenth year of Edward III., with the exception of the years 1316-26. In compiling the first part, Hemingburgh apparently used the histories of Eadmer, Hoveden, Henry of Huntingdon, and William of Newburgh ; but the reigns of the three Edwards are original, composed from per sonal observation and information. There are several manu scripts of the history extant—the best perhaps being that pre sented to the College of Arms by the earl of Arundel.
The first three books were published by Thomas Gale in 1687, in his Historiae Anglicanae scriptores quinque, and the remainder by Thomas Hearne in 1731. The first portion was again published in 1848 by the English Historical Society, under the title Chronicon Wal teri de Hemingburgh, vulgo Heming f ord nuncupati, de gestis regum Angliae, edited by H. C. Hamilton.