Gilbert Crispin [SEP] position held
Gilbert Crispin
Gilbert Crispin ( 1055 – 1117) was a Christian author and Anglo-Norman monk, appointed by Archbishop Lanfranc in 1085 to be the abbot, proctor and servant of Westminster Abbey, England. Gilbert became the third Norman Abbot of Westminster to be appointed after the Norman Conquest, succeeding Abbot Vitalis of Bernay.
Biography.
He was probably the grandson of Gislebert Crispin, Baron of Bec, although the Crispin line—being a root of many noble English families—is notoriously convoluted and sometimes vague.
Wickins Wren and Alice Lucie Shoveler daughter of Crispin Shoveler on 23 Dec 1899 at St James, Hatcham, London. Alice Lucille Shoveler was baptized 18 Mar 1870 the daughter of Crispin Shoveler and Lucy Maria Parker. Alice Lucille Wren died at Poona, India 26 Sep 1914 and was buried 27 Sep 1914. Their daughter Estelle Lenore Wren was born at Greenwich in early 1901 She died at Basford in 1910.
Wren reportedly dedicated an early edition (no date known) of "The Snake and the Sword" to "my