William de Turbeville [SEP] date of death
William de Turbeville
William de Turbeville (or William Turbe; c. 1095 – January 1174) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.
Life.
Turbeville was educated in the Benedictine cathedral-priory of Norwich. Here he also made religious profession, first as a teacher and later as prior. He first held the office of precentor of the diocese of Norwich from about 1136, and was subsequently Prior of Norwich.
Turbeville was present at the Easter synod of 1144 when Godwin Stuart told the improbable story that his nephew
bishops as representatives of the English Church. These three, Bethune, Hilary of Chichester, and William de Turbeville, were allowed to attend the council. Theobald of Bec was expressly forbidden to attend, but he managed to evade those watching him and arrived in Reims along with his clerk, Thomas Becket.
Death and legacy.
Bethune died on 16 April 1148 at Reims just after the close of the Council of Reims. As his corpse returned to Hereford, miracles were alleged to have taken place along its route.