Robert de Champeaux was the abbot of Tavistock Abbey, Devon, EnglandPole p. 41.Hoskins, W. G.; Finberg, H. P. R. (1952). "The Tragi-Comedy of Abbot Bonus". Devonshire Studies. London: Jonathan Cape.Finberg p. 277. from April 1285Oliver p. 91. to 1325. He was known for his "piety and zeal for improvement" and has been described as probably "the greatest and wisest" of "the abbots in the later monastic period".Alexander, J. J. (1937). "Tavistock in the Fifteenth Century". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 69: 247–285.
Career Abbot Robert's abbacy was longFinberg p.180. and regarded as prosperous, and he is known from several documents.Finberg p. 92, 233. He was well known for the largess of his gifts of alms to the poor of DevonFinberg p. 226.Robert Brentano, Two Churches: England and Italy in the Thirteenth Century, With an Additional Essay by the Author. (University of California Press, 1988) p 246. and for providing a living for church workers in the district.
He was an avid builder of church buildings.
The Church of St Eustachius in Tavistock township was built in 1318 by Abbot Robert ChampeauxChurch of St Eustachius at Historic England.org.uk. as was the church of St Mary and St Rumon in the same year.
He also added to the Monastery itself.
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