sentences:  He was probably a monk either at Winchester Abbey or at Glastonbury Abbey.In 1009, he became Abbot of Tavistock, and that was always his favourite of the offices he held.In 1027, he became the Bishop of Crediton, and about the same time he became Bishop of Cornwall on the death of his uncle Brihtwold, so he united those two sees, with the seat at Crediton.