ELMHAM, THOMAS (d. c. 142o), English chronicler, was probably born at North Elmham in Norfolk. He became a Benedictine monk at Canterbury, and then, joining the Cluniacs, was prior of Lenton Abbey, near Nottingham ; he was chaplain to Henry V., and was present at Agincourt. Elmham wrote a history of the monastery of St. Augustine at Canterbury (edit. C. Hardwick, Rolls Series, 1858) ; and a Liber metricus de Hearico V. (edit. C. A. Cole, in Memorials of Henry V. 1858). It is prob able that he wrote the famous Gesta Henrici Quinti, which is the best authority for the life of Henry V. from his accession to 1416. This work, often referred to as the "chaplain's life," and thought by some to have been written by Jean de Bordin, has been pub lished for the English Historical Society by B. Williams (185o). Elmham, however, did not write the Vita et Gesta Henrici V., which was attributed to him by T. Hearne and others.
See C. L. Kingsford, Henry V. (19oi) .