English lawyer, educator and antiquarian. He attended Stevenage Grammar School, then Gonville College and Caius College, Cambridge followed by the Middle Temple. In 1700 he finally published "The Historical Antiquities" claiming it had taken him 14 years to write. So it must have been started around 1680 as by 1695 he was seeking 500 subscribers to pay for the printing. In writing the book Chauncy paid a team of researchers to gather historical antecdotes and sort out genalogical lines for him. Writing in 1700, he stated that the manor-house and demesne lands had been held for above 200 years by his ancestors, who had had several leases for lives from the dean and chapter. He hold a number of high positions at law in Hertfordshire, founded Hertford's Blue Coat School, and was knighted by Charles II in 1681.
English lawyer, educator and antiquarian. He attended Stevenage Grammar School, then Gonville College and Caius College, Cambridge followed by the Middle Temple. In 1700 he finally published "The Historical Antiquities" claiming it had taken him 14 years to write. So it must have been started around 1680 as by 1695 he was seeking 500 subscribers to pay for the printing. In writing the book Chauncy paid a team of researchers to gather historical antecdotes and sort out genalogical lines for him. Writing in 1700, he stated that the manor-house and demesne lands had been held for above 200 years by his ancestors, who had had several leases for lives from the dean and chapter. He hold a number of high positions at law in Hertfordshire, founded Hertford's Blue Coat School, and was knighted by Charles II in 1681.
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