Muriel of Wilton, sometimes referred to as Muriel of Angers or Muriel of Le Ronceray, is considered the first documented English woman poet. Muriel began as a wealthy, unmarried woman who lived as a nun, first at the convent of Le Ronceray, in what is now Angers, France. Toward the end of the eleventh century, she moved to Wilton Abbey, where she remained until her death roughly 20 years later. Though none of her own poetry survives, several artifacts attest to her highly skilled poetry and praise her as a writer. Evidence of Muriel’s life and skill survives through the letters of several monks – Hildebert of Le Mans, Serlo of Bayeux, and Baudri of Bourgeuil – as well as a poem written about her in the mortuary roll of Abbott Vitalis of Savigny. Muriel lived among and contributed to a lively culture of writing and poetry at Wilton, one which perhaps spanned from England to the continent.