At an uncertain date he became a monk at St Albans Abbey; afterwards he was appointed prior of the cell of Belvoir, but he forfeited this dignity in the early years of Henry III, having been found guilty of wasting the endowments.
Nunha data incerta converteuse en monxe na Abadía de St Albans, despois foi nomeado prior da célula de Belvoir, pero perdeu esta dignidade nos primeiros anos de Henrique III, despois de ser atopado culpábel de malgastar as doazóns.