Alan, abbot of Tewkesbury

Life Date of birth unknown. Said by Gervase of Canterbury[?] (contemporary chronicler) to be of English (ie non-Norman) descent. He probably spent some time at Benevento (Italy). Became a monk at Canterbury, rising to [[prior] in 1179. In the struggle between Thomas of Canterbury[?] and Henry II, he was a strong supporter of Thomas. As a result, he went to Tewkesbury as abbot. Here he was out of Henry's way.

Works

Life of St. Thomas printed (as Life of Becket) in the second volume of Materials for the History of Thomas Becket, edited by the Rev. J.C. Robertson (Rolls Series, London,; 1875-85; Part I, CXC, 1475-88).

He also collected and arranged a number of Thomas' epistles