february abbot england born elected abbot known legal expertise administered estates prior election abbot election appears acted deputy considered possible successor elected worked recover estates lost acquiring estates trusted new king william given authority parts western england duties royal judge held important prisoners north gave aid refugees north england helped king rebellion preventing rebels joining died february work life later incorporated 13th century history abbey early life election abbot probably born inherited large land family served administrator estates known legal expert elected abbot blessed april bishop replaced previous abbot story asked king edward history states asked king appointment states blessing took place gloucester archbishop time appears acted deputy bishop worcester candidates succeed bishop promoted chosen instead served judge king edward point hearing case royal court chancellor abbot led military forces battle served advisor relationship acting abbot bishop appears tense recorded legal matters conflict personally said regarded father figure abbot fact house chronicle appears reworked embarrassing incidents submitting bishops worcester makes evaluation relations episcopal superiors difficult edward reign worked recover abbey estates granted past returned abbey custody managed restore abbey possession number lost estates large section description abbot life concerned listing estates acquired recovered estates listed counties gloucestershire conquest trusted new king given administrative duties small number native trusted king group included probably given authority lands kingdom deposition abbot served acting royal judge western england rebellion kept earl rebels joining rebels action assisted sheriff took opportunity acquire lands obtaining estates loans knowledge english law account aid new norman archbishop_of_canterbury abbot gloucester number english landowners commended care conquest led conflicts owned lands death known loyalty king william uncle held land died fighting king probably battle bridge abbot conquest continued build abbey anglo saxon style churches administrative legal duties known care sick poor north king william offered shelter refugees ravaged areas states offered aid refugees charitable nature possible royal duties western england administered number years norman monk appointed abbot death medieval monastic writer wrote surpassed intelligence knowledge law reports suffered states cause death died gives death date february unclear began years january march date writing near contemporary account life included monastic chronicle 13th century work thomas written bolster case exemption jurisdiction diocese order thomas incorporated earlier works dealing history including work thomas purpose composing probably altered texts included appears life incorporated complete history abbey work adapted thomas main evidence internal stylistic evidence material stylistic uniform material dating prior information forming separate writing style historian argued written right death historian wrote probably written possibly prior historian agrees finds likely written shortly death work doesn attribute instead mix charters narratives details early life selection abbot large portion work detailed list lands acquired abbey concludes short description death
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