According to Bower, he was more pious than most of the brother canons and, being alienated and dissatisfied with their lax lifestyles, resigned his office to become a
Cisterciannovice at
Coupar Angus Abbey.[3] This probably happened in 1211.[2] His successor was
Prior Simon.[4]
^MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, p. 417; Watt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 187
^
abWatt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 187
^MacQueen, MacQueen and Watt, Scotichronicon, vol. 3, pp. 417, 419; p. 187–88
^Watt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 188
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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,
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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,
ISBN0-902054-18-X,
ISSN0143-9448