Medieval Britain > Medieval Literature > John Stowe ▼ Primary Sources ▼ John Stowe John Stowe was born in in 1525. Stowe was a London tailor who was very interested in history. In 1565 he published a book that was a summary of the information that he could find in various chronicles written during the Middle Ages. This included The Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles , The Chronicles of England , The Annales of England and A Survey of London (1598). John Stowe died on 6th April 1605. [画像:John Stowe] John Stowe ▲さんかく Main Article ▲さんかく Primary Sources (1) John Stow, A Survey of London (1598) The lower classes divert themselves at football, wrestling, cudgels, nine-pins, shovelboard, cricket, stowball, ringing of bells, quoits, pitching the bar, bull and bear baitings, throwing at cocks and lying at ale-houses.