sentences:  John of Salisbury felt that Robert gained the bishopric by simony, and his rule seems to have been unpopular.He brought in a number of clergy from the diocese of Salisbury, and acted as a patron to his successor Bartholomew Iscanus as well as Baldwin of Exeter, who was later to become Archbishop of Canterbury.Robert died on 10 March 1160 according to the "Handbook of British Chronology", but other sources just say he died before 18 April 1161.