John Capgrave

John Capgrave (1393–1464) was an Augustinian friar, theologian and historian, born at Lynn in Norfolk. Ordained priest about 1417, he later headed the Austin friary at Lynn, where he received Henry VI in 1446, and became provincial of the Augustinians in England.

A prolific writer of biblical commentaries and saints' lives, he is best remembered for his English works: a metrical Life of St Katharine and a Chronicle of England running from the Creation to 1417. Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, was his chief patron, and he died at Lynn on 12 August 1464.