Trumbert (or Tunberht or Tunbeorht) was a monk of Jarrow, a disciple of

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and later

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Life

Trumbert was educated at Lastingham by Chad, and was a teacher of

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.Bede ''Ecclesiastical History of England'' iv 3 He was the

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of the

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of Hexham from 681 until he was deposed in 684 and was succeeded by

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.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 217 He had previously been a monk at

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under

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. After his deposition, he became abbot at

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in north Yorkshire.Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 91 He was the brother of

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, who was abbot of Jarrow while Bede was a monk at Jarrow.

Trumbert Shaft

The Trumbert Shaft is part of an inscribed sandstone grave cross found in the

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in 1877. It bears the inscriptions in

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and

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: 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

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Life

Trumbert Shaft

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