Robert Bale, O.Carm. (died 1503) was an English Carmelite friar and scholar.
Bale was a native of Norfolk, and when very young entered the Carmelite monastery at Norwich. Having a great love of learning, he spent a portion of every year in the Carmelite priories at Oxford or Cambridge. He became prior of the monastery of his order at Burnham Norton. [1] Bale enjoyed a high reputation for learning, and collected a valuable library, which he bequeathed to his priory upon his death on 11 November 1503.
His principal works were:
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Bale, Robert (d.1503)". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.