archbishop of Canterbury, was born of obscure parents at Exeter, where, in the early part of his life, he taught a grammar-school; after which he took orders, and was made archdeacon of Exeter: but he resigned that dignity, and became a Cistercian monk in the monastery of Ford in Devonshire, of which in a few years he was made abbot. In the year 1180, he was consecrated Bishop of Worcester. In 1184, he was promoted to the see of Canterbury by Pope Lucius III. and, by his successor Urban III. was appointed legate for that diocese. He laid the foundation of a church and monastery in honour of Thomas Becket, at Hackington, near Canterbury, for secular priests; but, being opposed by the monks of Canterbury and the Pope, was obliged to desist. In 1190, he crowned King Richard I. at Westminster; and soon after followed that prince to the holy land, where he died at the siege of Ptolemais. Giraldus Cambrensis, who accompanied him in this expedition, says he was of a mild disposition, and of great abstinence. He wrote various tracts on religious subjects, which were collected and published by Bertrand Tiffler in 1662.