Robert de Graystanes
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Robert de Graystanes (d. 1336?), also known as Robert Greystones or Robert Graystanes, was a 14th-century English
Life
Robert de Graystanes may have been born at Greystanes, three miles south-west of Sheffield. He described himself as Doctor Theologicus.
He had been sub-prior of St. Mary's for twenty-six years or more when
He seems to have resumed his old office, and to have died about 1336.[2][5][6] Robert Surtees says that he "survived his resignation scarcely a year",[7] and died of disappointment.[7][8] Richard de Bury, upon hearing of his death, apologised for the grief he showed by declaring that Graystanes was better fitted to be pope than he was to hold the least office in the church.[9] Graystanes was buried in the chapter-house. William Hutchinson recorded his epitaph:
De Graystanes natus jacet hic Robertus humatus,
Legibus armatus, rogo sit Sanctis sociatus.
Works
Graystanes supposedly continued the history of the church of Durham, which had been begun by
References
- ^ Raine 1839, pp. 119–20.
- ^ a b c Wharton 1691, vol. 1, Preface, p. xlix.
- ^ This claim is problematical, as the see of Armagh was then vacant.
- ^ Raine 1839, pp. 120–3.
- ^ Tanner 1748, p. 340.
- ^ Raine 1839, p. 121.
- ^ a b Raine 1839, p. 46.
- ^ cf. Wharton 1691, vol. 1, Preface, p. xlix.
- ^ Chambre, p. 129
- ^ cf. Planta 1802, p. 15.
- ^ Raine 1839.
- ^ Hearne, Thomas, ed. (1774). Joannis Lelandi Antiquarii De Rebus Britannicis Collectanea. 6 vols. Vol. 4 (3rd ed.). London. p. 59.
Bibliography
- Planta, Joseph (1802). Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, deposited in the British Museum. London: British Museum.
- Raine, James, ed. (1839). Historia Dunelmensis Scriptores Tres. Surtees Society. Vol. 9. London.
- Tanner, Thomas (1748). Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica. London.
- Wharton, Henry, ed. (1691). Anglia Sacra, sive Collectio Historiarum. London.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Graystanes, Robert de". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.