Fabyan, Or Fabian, Robert, an ancient English chronicler, born in London about 1450, died in 1512. He was a merchant, became an alderman and sheriff of London, and wrote a general chronicle of English history, which he called the "Concordance of Histories," from the fabulous exploits of Brutus in Great Britain to the reign of Henry VII. It was first published after the author's death (folio, 1516), and reappeared in numerous editions, the last of which is that by Sir Henry Ellis, accompanied by notes and a learned introduction (" Chronicles of England and France," royal 4to, Lon-i don, 1811). On account of its free animadversions on the Catholic clergy, Cardinal Wol-sey is said to have caused the destruction of a portion of the first edition, perfect copies of which are now rare.