▁How den ' s ▁Chron ica , ▁the ▁C ▁manuscript ▁of ▁the ▁Ang lo - S ax on ▁Chron icle , ▁William ▁of ▁Mal mes bury ' s ▁De ▁anti qu itate ▁G last oni ensis ▁ecc lesia e , ▁Ran ulf ▁H ig den ' s ▁Pol ych ron icon , ▁and ▁Laur ence ▁Now ell ' s ▁trans cription ▁of ▁the ▁V ita ▁et ▁m ors ▁Edward i ▁sec und i ▁( part ▁of ▁Geoff rey ▁le ▁Baker ' s ▁chron icle ). " ▁ ▁Hero ica ▁E ul og ia ▁▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 5 6 7 , ▁Bow yer ▁compiled ▁Hero ica ▁E ul og ia , ▁a ▁manuscript ▁collection ▁of ▁historical ▁gr ants ▁and ▁de eds ▁rel ating ▁to ▁the ▁ear ls ▁of ▁Le ic ester ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Robert ▁D ud ley , ▁the ▁newly ▁created ▁ear l . ▁The ▁historical ▁documents ▁are ▁accompanied ▁by ▁illustrated ▁v ign ettes ▁in ▁verse ▁of ▁previous ▁ear ls ▁and ▁of ▁the ▁k ings ▁who ▁granted ▁the ▁char ters , ▁along ▁with ▁sat ir ic ▁ant ic ler ical ▁vers es ▁just ifying ▁the ▁D iss ol ution ▁of ▁the ▁Mon aster ies . ▁The ▁manuscript ▁contains ▁her ald ic ▁devices , ▁a ▁map ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Is les , ▁and ▁call ig raph ic ▁pass ages ▁by ▁John ▁de ▁Beau ches ne . ▁ ▁The ▁scholar ▁Norman ▁Jones ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁the ▁Hero ica ▁E ul og ia ▁was ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁case ▁for ▁the ▁worth iness ▁of ▁Robert