or Ernulph, bishop of Rochester in the reign of Henry I. He was born in France, where he was sometime a monk of St Lucian de Beauvais. The monks led most irregular lives in this monastery; for which reason he resolved to quit it, but first took the advice of Lanfranc archbishop of Canterbury, under whom he had studied in the abbey of Bec, when Lanfranc was prior of that monastery. This prelate invited him over to England, and placed him in the monastery of Canterbury, where he lived a private monk till Lanfranc's death. When Anfelm came to the archiepiscopal see, Arnulph was made prior of the monastery of Canterbury, and afterwards abbot of Peterborough. In 1115, he was consecrated bishop of Rochester, which see he held nine years, and died in March 1124, aged 84.
Arnulph wrote, 1. A piece in Latin concerning the foundation, endowment, charters, laws, and other things relating to the church of Rochester: it is generally known by the title of Textus Roffensis, and is preserved in the archives of the cathedral church of Rochester. 2. An Epistle in Answer to some Questions of Lambert about of Munster; and 3. An Epistle on Incestuous Marriage.