Date of birth unknown. Said by
Gervase of Canterbury[?] (contemporary chronicler) to be of English (ie non-
Norman) descent. He probably spent some time at
Benevento (Italy). Became a monk at
Canterbury, rising to [[prior] in
1179. In the struggle between
Thomas of Canterbury[?] and
Henry II, he was a strong supporter of Thomas. As a result, he went to
Tewkesbury as abbot. Here he was out of Henry's way.
Life of St. Thomas printed (as Life of Becket) in the second volume of Materials for the History of Thomas Becket, edited by the Rev. J.C. Robertson (Rolls Series, London,; 1875-85; Part I, CXC, 1475-88).
He also collected and arranged a number of Thomas' epistles