This invaluable reference book provides biographical data on some 5,000 Benedictine monks who were members of the eight cathedral priories in Canterbury province between c.1066 and 1540. In the five centuries between the Norman Conquest and the dissolution of the monasteries the cathedral chapters of Bath, Canterbury, Coventry, Ely, Norwich, Rochester, Winchester, and Worcester were all occupied by Benedictine monks; and most of them have been fortunate in the survival of an impressive collection of medieval records. A study of these records makes it possible to reconstruct many details of the daily life of the monks themselves, both inside the cloister and out in the world, where their contact with the laity were not exclusively concerned with spiritual and pastoral matters. Like other men they had to come to grips with economic and financial affairs in managing their properties and providing for the community's basic needs. The information in this volume thus covers a wide range of activities that goes far beyond the limit of religious or ecclesiastical history and includes material that is now, for the first time, available for statistical and prosopographical analysis.