The Community of
St Alcuin’s Abbey

Monks
Brother Edward	infirmarian
Father Chad	prior
Father Columba	abbot – known as Father Peregrine
Father Lucanus	elderly brother briefly mentioned
Brother John	works in the infirmary
Brother Gilbert	precentor
Brother Cyprian	porter
Father Matthew	novice master
Brother Walafrid	herbalist/winemaker
Brother Giles	assistant herbalist
Brother Michael	assistant cook/infirmary
Brother Andrew	cook
Brother Ambrose	cellarer
Brother Clement	works in the scriptorium and library
Brother Fidelis	gardener, with special care of the roses
Brother Peter	cares for the horses
Brother Mark	beekeeper
Brother Stephen	responsible for the farm
Brother Martin	porter (takes over from Brother Cyprian)
Brother Paulinus	gardener
Brother Dominic	guestmaster
Brother Prudentius	works on the farm
Brother Basil	elderly brother, assists in guest house
Father Gerard	almoner

Novices and postulants
Brother Thomas	abbot’s esquire; also works on the farm
Brother Francis	works in a variety of locations
Brother Theodore	works mainly as a scribe and illuminator
Brother Cormac	works in the kitchen
Brother Thaddeus	works in a variety of locations
Gerard Plumley	later Brother Bernard
Brother Richard
Brother Damian
Brother Josephus
Brother James

Sick or aged brothers living in the infirmary
Brother Denis	once the beekeeper
Father Aelred	in infirmary – not mentioned in this book
Father Anselm	in infirmary – not mentioned in this book
Father Paul	in infirmary – not mentioned in this book
Father Gerald	in infirmary – not mentioned in this book