Robert of Cricklade

Robert of Cricklade
Robert of Cricklade
Born	c. 1100
Died	between 1174 and 1179
Resting place	probably St Frideswide's Priory in Oxford
Occupation	Augustinian canon, prior, writer
Nationality	English
Period	Angevin
Genre	Religious writings

Robert of Cricklade (c. 1100–1174 × 1179) was a medieval English writer and prior of St Frideswide's Priory in Oxford.^[1] He was a native of Cricklade and taught before becoming a cleric. He wrote several theological works as well as a lost biography of Thomas Becket, the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury.

^ Dunning, Andrew N. J. (2018). "St Frideswide's Priory as a centre of learning in early Oxford". Mediaeval Studies. 80: 253–296. ISSN 0076-5872.

[1] Dunning, Andrew N. J. (2018). "St Frideswide's Priory as a centre of learning in early Oxford". Mediaeval Studies. 80: 253–296. ISSN 0076-5872.

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