Alan, Abbot of Tewkesbury (date of birth unknown) is said by

Gervase of Canterbury Gervase of Canterbury (; Latin: Gervasus Cantuariensis or Gervasius Dorobornensis) (c. 1141 – c. 1210) was an English chronicler. Life If Gervase's brother Thomas, who like himself was a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury, was Thomas of Ma ...

(contemporary chronicler) to be of English (i.e. non-

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) descent. He probably spent some time at Benevento (Italy). Became a monk at

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, 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 Tewkesbury ( ) is a medieval market town and civil parish in the north of Gloucestershire, England. The town has significant history in the Wars of the Roses and grew since the building of Tewkesbury Abbey. It stands at the confluence of the Ri ...

as abbot where he was out of Henry's way. His works are written about in ''Life of St. Thomas'' printed (as ''Life of Becket'') in the second volume of ''Materials for the History of Thomas Becket'', edited by

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(

Rolls Series ''The Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages'' ( la, Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores), widely known as the is a major collection of British and Irish historical materials and primary sources publish ...

, London,; 1875–85; Part I, CXC, 1475–88). He also collected and arranged a number of Thomas' epistles.

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* 12th-century births Abbots of Tewkesbury Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown English Christian monks 12th-century English people 12th-century Christian monks {{RC-clergy-stub