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<p> an English chronicler, lived in the latter half of the 13th century. He was a monk in the [[Abbey]] of Gloucester, and does not appear to have lived long after 1265. He composed a rhymed chronicle of more than ten thousand verses, written in Anglo-Saxon, containing the history of [[England]] from the time of the Romans till [[Edward]] I. It is a philosophical curiosity, but is full of the most absurd fables. It was published entire by Hearne (Oxford, 1724, 2 vols.), and reprinted in 1810. </p>
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<p> English chronicler; was a monk of [[Gloucester]] Abbey, and lived in the 13th century; his chronicle, which is in verse, traces the history of [[England]] from the siege of [[Troy]] to 1271, the year before the accession of [[Edward]] I. </p>
 
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<ref name="term_58161"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/robert+of+gloucester Robert Of Gloucester from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_73886"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/gloucester,+robert+of Robert Of Gloucester from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Robert Of Gloucester [1]

English chronicler; was a monk of Gloucester Abbey, and lived in the 13th century; his chronicle, which is in verse, traces the history of England from the siege of Troy to 1271, the year before the accession of Edward I.

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