He was probably born in Herefordshire, but his studies and employment took him to Canterbury, Paris, Rome and to several royal and noble courts of Western Europe.
彼はおそらくヘレフォードシャーで生まれたが、学業と仕事は、カンタベリー、パリ、ローマと、いくつかの西ヨーロッパの王族と貴族の下で行っていた。