His secular name was William Gilbert, and before becoming Prior at Spinney he was a canon at nearby Anglesey Abbey, which is near the village of Lode.
William's murder, which occurred on a Sunday, was committed by three of his own canons, William Hall, John Lode and Thomas Smyth, who stabbed him in the priory church.
The reason for the attack, if offered, has been lost to history, and although the three canons were found guilty at Cambridge Castle on 20 July 1403, their subsequent fate was also unrecorded.
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