Robert I, Prior of St Andrews
Robert | |
|---|---|
 Ruins of St Andrews Cathedral Priory | |
| Born | c. 1100 Unknown |
| Died | 1160 |
| Occupation | Augustinian Prior |
| Title | Prior of St Andrews |
Robert I or Robert of Nostell (died 1160) was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman Augustinian churchman, the first prior of St Andrews.
Robert came to the Kingdom of Scotland from Nostell Priory as head of a group of Nostell canons establishing St Andrews Cathedral Priory.[1] He had been invited by Robert, Bishop of St Andrews, himself an ex-member of Nostell.[2]
Robert was probably established at St Andrews in 1140, but certainly by 14 May 1144.[3] Robert had come directly from Nostell, not via Scone Abbey.[4]
Walter Bower, writing in the 15th century, said that Robert died in 1162 and had charge of the priory for twenty-two years.[5] According to the earlier and more reliable Melrose Chronicle, Robert actually died in 1160.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, p. 494; Watt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 187
- ^ MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, p. 494
- ^ Watt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 187
- ^ MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, pp. 494–95
- ^ MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, p. 417
- ^ MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, p. 495
References
[edit]- MacQueen, John; MacQueen, Winifred; Watt, D. E. R., eds. (1995), Scotichronicon by Walter Bower, in Latin and English: Volume 3, Books V and VI, Scotichronicon by Walter Bower: New Edition in Latin and English with Notes and Indexes (General Editor D. E. R. Watt), Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, ISBN 1-873644-49-3
- Watt, D. E. R.; Shead, N. F., eds. (2001), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from Twelfth to Sixteenth Centuries, The Scottish Record Society, New Series, Volume 24 (Revised ed.), Edinburgh: The Scottish Record Society, ISBN 0-902054-18-X, ISSN 0143-9448