>
>Robert, Abbot of Newminster (1159):
>Robert was born in Yorkshire. When he was ordained to the priesthood he
ministered
>as rector of Gargrave. He then decided to enter the monastic life and moved to
>Whitby where he took the Benedictine habit. Afterwards, he and a band of monks
>settled in the valley of Skeldale and founded Fountains Abbey.
>
Some mistake, surely? Fountains was founded in 1132 by dozen monks from St
Mary's Abbey,
York.
Bill.
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