He wrote various theological and historical works in prose, particularly a chronicle of England, which are still found scattered in manuscripts. His poetry, in which he sought to imitate Ovid and Ausonius, is much praised by John Bale. Amongst other poems, we may enumerate one in elegiacs, giving a description of all the saints' days throughout the year, with the lives of the saints who were celebrated on each and a metrical compendium of Bible History.
A further account of Alexander's works will be found in Thomas Tanner's Bibliotheca, and Polycarp Leyser's Hist. Poet. Med. Ævi.
Franco Morenzoni; Thomas H. Bestul, eds. (2004). Alexandri Essebiensis Opera theologica. Corpus Christianorum, continuatio mediaevalis. Turnhout: Brepols. ISBN978-2-503-04881-9.
Greti Dinkova-Bruun, ed. (2004). Alexandri Essebiensis Opera poetica. Corpus Christianorum, continuatio mediaevalis. Turnhout: Brepols. ISBN978-2-503-04883-3.
Bestul, Thomas H. (1990). "The Meditationes of Alexander of Ashby: An Edition". Mediaeval Studies. 52: 24–81. doi:10.1484/J.MS.2.306374.
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Rose, Hugh James (1857). "Alexander Essebiensis (of Ashby)". A New General Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1 AA–ANS. London: B. Fellowes et al. pp. 286–287.
