Значение слова BERNERS в Литературной энциклопедии

BERNERS

1) BERNES, or BARNES, JULIANA (_b._ 1388?).-Writer on heraldry and sports. Nothing of her real history is known, but statements more or less mythical have gathered round her name. The work attributed to her is _The Boke of St. Albans_ (1486). It consists of four treatises on _Hawking_, _Hunting_, _The Lynage of Coote Armiris_, and _The Blasynge of Armis_. She was said to be the _dau._ of Sir James B., and to have been Prioress of Sopwell Nunnery, Herts.2)BERNERS, JOHN BOURCHIER, 2ND LORD (1467-1553).-Translator, _b._ at Sherfield, Herts and _ed._ at Oxf., held various offices of state, including that of Chancellor of the Exchequer to Henry VIII., and Lieutenant of Calais, where he _d._ He translated, at the King's desire, _Froissart's Chronicles_ (1523-25), in such a manner as to make distinct advance in English historical writing, and the _Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius_ (1534); also _The History of Arthur of Lytell Brytaine_ (Brittany), and the romance of _Huon of Bordeaux_.

Литературная энциклопедия. 2012