Robert Bale,O.Carm. (died 1503) was an EnglishCarmelitefriar and scholar.

Bale was a native ofNorfolk, and when very young entered the Carmelite monastery atNorwich. Having a great love of learning, he spent a portion of every year in the Carmelitepriories atOxford orCambridge. He becameprior of the monastery of his order atBurnham Norton.^[1] Bale enjoyed a high reputation for learning, and collected a valuable library, which he bequeathed to hispriory upon his death on 11 November 1503.

His principal works were:

1. Annales Ordinis Carmelitarum (Bod. Arch. Seld. B. 72).
2. Historia Heliæ Prophetæ
3. Officium Simonis Angli (i.e. of St.Simon Stock, the first English Carmelite friar and a major figure in the establishment of the Carmelite Order).

• "Bale, Robert (d.1503)" .Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: "Bale, Robert (d.1503)".Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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