books.google.co.uk - William was born c.1095 not far from Malmesbury in Wiltshire; he entered the monastery at Malmesbury as a boy, and stayed there as a monk for the rest of his life, writing works which were to win him lasting fame as a historian. His Deeds of the Bishops of England chronicles the activities of the bishops...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Gesta_Pontificum_Anglorum.html?id=eIEYPsHuC18C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareGesta Pontificum Anglorum
