Trumbert

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name =Trumbert


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Hexham
Title = Bishop of Hexham
Period = 681–684
Predecessor = Eata
Successor =John of Beverley
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Trumbert (or Tunberht or Tunbeorht) was a monk of Jarrow, a disciple of St. Chad and later Bishop of Hexham.

Life

He was educated at Lastingham by Ceadda, and was a teacher of Bede. He was the Bishop of the See of Hexham from 681 until he was deposed in 684 and was succeeded by Eata.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd ed. p. 231]

Trumbert Shaft

The Trumbert Shaft is part of an inscribed sandstone grave cross found in the parish of Yarm, North Yorkshire in 1877. It bears the inscriptions in Latin and Old English:Which translates as:The shaft now resides in the library of Durham Cathedral and it is assumed that Trumbert is buried within the churchyard of Yarm Parish Church.

Notes

References

* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

External links

* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=18039 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Tunberht]

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