A. J. Pollard believes that the chronicle's account reflected the contemporary "standard and accepted account", but that by the time it was written "propaganda had been transformed into historical fact".
A.J. Pollard meder at Holinshed's Chronicles' beretning reflekterer samtidens "standardiserede og accepterede beretning", men på det tidspunkt den blev skrevet "var propaganda blevet omdannet til historisk faktum."