Trumbert (or Tunberht or Tunbeorht) was a monk of Jarrow, a disciple of Chad and later Bishop of Hexham.
Trumbert was educated at Lastingham by Chad, and was a teacher of Bede.
After his deposition, he became abbot at Gilling Abbey in north Yorkshire.
[3] 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.