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.

[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.