annalist

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Nevertheless, it is not for us to guestimate the workload of an annalist of the Floridian ancien regime.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2016

This period in the history of Seville is dark, and beset with difficulty for the annalist.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

Mooney, the Franciscan annalist, merely attests that "he lived for some time subsequent to 1599".

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, April 1865 by Various

By much importunity," says an annalist, Mr. Ranford of Chowan, "in 1712 we prevailed upon Mr. Martin to let him baptize three of his Negroes, two women and a boy.

From The History of the Negro Church by Woodson, Carter Godwin

So late as the seventeenth century the annalist Mac Firbis discovered that many of the inhabitants of Connacht traced their descent to these same Firbolgs.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)