Menko or Menco (1213/4 – 1276) was a priest and chronicler. He entered the

Premonstratensian The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church ...

in in 1230 and was ordained as a priest in 1238. Over the next five years he served as '' vestiarius'', cellarer and schoolmaster before being elected Bloemhof's third abbot in 1243. During his abbacy, he wrote a continuation of the Latin house chronicle, ''Cronica Floridi Horti'', begun by the first abbot, Emo. He has an important account of the Frisian crusaders on the Eighth Crusade in 1269–1270. His continuation runs to 1273. He died in 1276. His autograph manuscript survives, as does a later copy of his chronicle with an anonymous continuation down to 1296.

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* *{{cite web , first=Renée , last=Nip , year=2013 , title=Cronica Floridi Horti (Menconis) , url=https://www.narrative-sources.be/naso_link_en.php?link=1926 , access-date=30 December 2022 , website=The Narrative Sources from the Medieval Low Countries 1210s births 1276 deaths Medieval West Frisians Chroniclers from the Holy Roman Empire Christian abbots People from Groningen (province) Premonstratensians