sentences:  Asser makes it clear that he was brought up in the area, and was tonsured, trained and ordained there.He also mentions Nobis, a bishop of St David's who died in 873 or 874, as being a kinsman of his.Much of what is known about Asser comes from his biography of Alfred, in particular a short section in which Asser recounts how Alfred recruited him as a scholar for his court.