Stow
JOHN, an English historian; born in London about 1525. He learned his father's business, tailoring, but his bent was toward antiquarian research.
His chief publications were "A Summary of Englische Chronicles" (1561); "Annales, or a Generale Chronicle of England from Brute until the present Yeare of Christe" (1580); and "A Survey of London" (1598). He also printed the "Flores Historiarum of Matthew of Westminster" (1567), the "Chronicle of Matthew of Paris" (1571), and the "Historia Brevis of Thomas Walsingham" (1574). He died in London April 6, 1605.