Richard Rolle (of Hampole)

Hermit, mystic, and poet, born in Thornton, West Yorkshire, N England, UK. He studied at Oxford, but at 19 became a hermit, first at Dalton and then at Hampole, near Doncaster. He wrote lyrics, meditations, and religious works in Latin and English, and translated and expounded the Psalms in prose.

Richard Rolle (c.1300 – 1349) was an English religious writer, Bible translator, and hermit. He is known as Richard Rolle of Hampole or de Hampole, since in his final years he settled at Hampole, near the Cistercian nunnery, after years of wandering.

He was brought up near Pickering, and studied at the University of Oxford, supported by Thomas de Neville, leaving there at age 18 or 19.

He wrote in both Latin and English;

He was regarded as a saint after his death;