As abbot he promoted the cult of Edmund the Martyr and secured the abbey's independence from the bishops of Thetford.
He continued to serve as royal physician to two more kings of England and also rebuilt parts of the abbey before dying around 1097.
The historian Frank Barlow argues that he must have served the king for some time before being rewarded with the office of abbot.
The witness lists for these two charters may be genuine, having been copied from a legitimate document to lend authenticity to the forgeries.
He asked the king for permission to dedicate the new building and translate the relics of Edmund the Martyr into the new choir.
[10] But the king appears to have changed his mind again in early 1095, and on Sunday 29 April 1095 both the translation and the consecration took place.
Besides Edmund's relics, the remains of two other saints – Botulf and Firmin – were also translated in a ceremony overseen by Walkelin, the Bishop of Winchester.