Robert Champeaux

Robert de Champeaux was the abbot of Tavistock Abbey, Devon, England[1][2][3] from April 1285[4] to 1325.[3] He was known for his "piety and zeal for improvement"[4] and has been described as probably "the greatest and wisest" of "the abbots in the later monastic period".[5]

  1. ^ Pole p. 41.
  2. ^ Hoskins, W. G.; Finberg, H. P. R. (1952). "The Tragi-Comedy of Abbot Bonus". Devonshire Studies. London: Jonathan Cape.
  3. ^ a b Finberg p. 277.
  4. ^ a b Oliver p. 91.
  5. ^ Alexander, J. J. (1937). "Tavistock in the Fifteenth Century". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 69: 247–285.