Trumbert
Trumbert | |
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Diocese of Hexham | |
Appointed | 681 |
Term ended | 684 |
Predecessor | New Post |
Successor | Eata |
Trumbert (or Tunberht or Tunbeorht) was a monk of Jarrow, a disciple of Chad and later Bishop of Hexham.
Life
Trumbert was educated at Lastingham by Chad, and was a teacher of
Ripon under Wilfrid. After his deposition, he became abbot at Gilling Abbey in north Yorkshire.[3] He was the brother of Ceolfrith, who was abbot of Jarrow while Bede was a monk at Jarrow.[3]
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:
+ [orate] PRO [tru]MBERENCT + SAC+ ALLA + |
SIGNUM AEFTER HIS BREODERA YSETAE |
Which translates as:
Pray for Trumberhet, Bishop |
Alla set up this memorial to his brother |
The shaft now resides in the library of
Yarm Parish Church
.
Notes
References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
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