Formerly prior of Winchester, he became abbot of Glastonbury in succession to Henry of Blois in 1173.
[1] Robert accepted a position as canon of Wells Cathedral, in a manoeuvre that ended unsuccessfully.
[2] Robert died on 28 April 1178, and was buried in the south part of the chapter-house.
He was author of De actibus Willelmi et Henrici episcoporum Wintoniæ, printed in Henry Wharton's Anglia Sacra, biographies of William Giffard and Henry of Blois.
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