Herlewin

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title: Herlewin
text: Ethelmaer, Elmer, or Aelmer, also called Herlewin, was an English ascetic writer. Ethelmaer was made prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, in 1128, and is said to have been a man of great piety and simplicity. His simplicity led him to take the part of Archbishop William of Corbeuil in a dispute he had with the convent in 1136 about the church of St. Martin at Dover. He died 11 May 1137. The name Elmer is evidently a corruption of the old English name Æthelmær. Leland saw two works by him, a book
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