Robert Champeaux

Robert de Champeaux was the abbot of Tavistock Abbey, Devon, England[1][2][3] from April 1285[4] to 1325.[3] He was known for his "piety and zeal for improvement"[4] and has been described as probably "the greatest and wisest" of "the abbots in the later monastic period".[5]

Career

Abbot Robert's abbacy was long[6] and regarded as prosperous, and he is known from several documents.[7][8] He was well known for the largess of his gifts of alms to the poor of Devon[9][10] and for providing a living for church workers in the district.[4]

He was an avid builder of church buildings.

The Church of St Eustachius in Tavistock township was built in 1318 by Abbot Robert Champeaux[11] as was the church of St Mary and St Rumon in the same year.[4]

He also added to the Monastery itself.

References

Notes
  1. Pole p. 41.
  2. Hoskins, W. G.; Finberg, H. P. R. (1952). "The Tragi-Comedy of Abbot Bonus". Devonshire Studies. London: Jonathan Cape.
  3. Finberg p. 277.
  4. Oliver p. 91.
  5. Alexander, J. J. (1937). "Tavistock in the Fifteenth Century". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 69: 247–285.
  6. Finberg p.180.
  7. Finberg p. 92, 233.
  8. Hall, John G. (December 1931 – January 1932). "Notes on Denbury". Devon & Exeter Gazette.
  9. Finberg p. 226.
  10. Robert Brentano,Two Churches: England and Italy in the Thirteenth Century, With an Additional Essay by the Author. (University of California Press, 1988) p 246.
  11. Church of St Eustachius at Historic England.org.uk.

Bibliography
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.