Robert
Ruins of St Andrews Cathedral Priory
Bornc. 1100
Unknown
Died1160
St Andrews
OccupationAugustinian Prior
TitlePrior of St Andrews

Robert I or Robert of Nostell (died 1160) was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman Augustinian churchman, the first prior of St Andrews.

Robert came to the Kingdom of Scotland from Nostell Priory as head of a group of Nostell canons establishing St Andrews Cathedral Priory.[1] He had been invited by Robert, Bishop of St Andrews, himself an ex-member of Nostell.[2]

Robert was probably established at St Andrews in 1140, but certainly by 14 May 1144.[3] Robert had come directly from Nostell, not via Scone Abbey.[4]

Walter Bower, writing in the 15th century, said that Robert died in 1162 and had charge of the priory for twenty-two years.[5] According to the earlier and more reliable Melrose Chronicle, Robert actually died in 1160.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, p. 494; Watt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 187
  2. ↑ MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, p. 494
  3. ↑ Watt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 187
  4. ↑ MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, pp. 494–95
  5. ↑ MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, p. 417
  6. ↑ MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, p. 495

References

  • MacQueen, John; MacQueen, Winifred; Watt, D. E. R., eds. (1995), Scotichronicon by Walter Bower, in Latin and English: Volume 3, Books V and VI, Scotichronicon by Walter Bower: New Edition in Latin and English with Notes and Indexes (General Editor D. E. R. Watt), Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, ISBN 1-873644-49-3
  • Watt, D. E. R.; Shead, N. F., eds. (2001), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from Twelfth to Sixteenth Centuries, The Scottish Record Society, New Series, Volume 24 (Revised ed.), Edinburgh: The Scottish Record Society, ISBN 0-902054-18-X, ISSN 0143-9448
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