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Thurgot (or Turgot) was the first "Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
" Bishop of Saint Andrews (then called Cell Rígmonaid, and Kilrymont by Scoto-Normans). He had previously been the Prior
Prior

Prior is a title, derived from the Latin adjective for 'earlier, first', with several notable uses....
 of the Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
 convent of Durham Cathedral
Durham Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly referred to as Durham Cathedral, in the city of Durham, England, is the seat of the Anglican Church Bishop of Durham....
, and was probably the confessor of Margaret of Wessex
Saint Margaret of Scotland

Saint Margaret , was the sister of Edgar ?theling, the short-ruling and uncrowned Anglo-Saxons King of England. She married Malcolm III of Scotland, King of Scots, becoming his Queen consort....
, the Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxons

Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
 second wife of Malcolm III of Scotland
Malcolm III of Scotland

M?el Coluim mac Donnchada , called in most Anglicisation regnal lists Malcolm III, and in later centuries nicknamed Canmore, "Big Head" or Long-neck , was King of Scots....
 (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada), and hence probably known to King Alexander I
Alexander I of Scotland

Alexander I or Alaxandair mac Ma?l Coluim , called "The Fierce", King of the Scots or King of Alba, was the fourth son of M?el Coluim mac Donnchada by his wife Saint Margaret of Scotland, grand-niece of Edward the Confessor....
 and Prince David of the Cumbrians
Kingdom of Strathclyde

Strathclyde , originally Brythonic language Ystrad Clud, was one of the kingdoms of the Brythons in the northern part of the island Great Britain throughout the Sub-Roman Britain period , and the Scotland in the Middle Ages....
 (later David I
David I of Scotland

David I or Dabhidh Mac Maol Chaluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later List of monarchs of Scotland . The youngest son of Maol Chaluim Mac Donnchaidh and Saint Margaret of Scotland, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093....
) since childhood. It was Thurgot who wrote the Vita Sancte Margarete, the hagiographical life of the queen.






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Thurgot (or Turgot) was the first "Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
" Bishop of Saint Andrews (then called Cell Rígmonaid, and Kilrymont by Scoto-Normans). He had previously been the Prior
Prior

Prior is a title, derived from the Latin adjective for 'earlier, first', with several notable uses....
 of the Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
 convent of Durham Cathedral
Durham Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly referred to as Durham Cathedral, in the city of Durham, England, is the seat of the Anglican Church Bishop of Durham....
, and was probably the confessor of Margaret of Wessex
Saint Margaret of Scotland

Saint Margaret , was the sister of Edgar ?theling, the short-ruling and uncrowned Anglo-Saxons King of England. She married Malcolm III of Scotland, King of Scots, becoming his Queen consort....
, the Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxons

Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
 second wife of Malcolm III of Scotland
Malcolm III of Scotland

M?el Coluim mac Donnchada , called in most Anglicisation regnal lists Malcolm III, and in later centuries nicknamed Canmore, "Big Head" or Long-neck , was King of Scots....
 (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada), and hence probably known to King Alexander I
Alexander I of Scotland

Alexander I or Alaxandair mac Ma?l Coluim , called "The Fierce", King of the Scots or King of Alba, was the fourth son of M?el Coluim mac Donnchada by his wife Saint Margaret of Scotland, grand-niece of Edward the Confessor....
 and Prince David of the Cumbrians
Kingdom of Strathclyde

Strathclyde , originally Brythonic language Ystrad Clud, was one of the kingdoms of the Brythons in the northern part of the island Great Britain throughout the Sub-Roman Britain period , and the Scotland in the Middle Ages....
 (later David I
David I of Scotland

David I or Dabhidh Mac Maol Chaluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later List of monarchs of Scotland . The youngest son of Maol Chaluim Mac Donnchaidh and Saint Margaret of Scotland, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093....
) since childhood. It was Thurgot who wrote the Vita Sancte Margarete, the hagiographical life of the queen. According to Symeon of Durham
Symeon of Durham

Symeon of Durham , English historians in the Middle Ages and a monk of Durham Priory. When William of Saint-Calais returned from his Norman exile in 1091, Symeon was probably in his company....
, he was elected to the Bishopric in 1107. Two years later, he was consecrated by Thomas II
Thomas II of York

Thomas , was a medieval archbishop of York. To distinguish him from his uncle, also a Thomas who was archbishop of York, Thomas is usually known as Thomas II or Thomas the Younger....
, Archbishop of York
Archbishop of York

File:Williamtemple1.jpgArchbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan bishop of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England as well as the Isle of Man....
. Thurgot died at Durham on 31 August 1115.