Editing Turgot of Durham (section)

===Early life and prior at Durham===
Turgot came from the [[Kingdom of Lindsey|Lindsey]] in [[Lincolnshire]]. After the [[Norman Conquest]] he was held as a hostage, but escaped to Norway, where he taught  [[psalmody]] to King [[Olaf III of Norway|Olaf III]]. In about 1074 he returned to England and became a clerk at [[Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey|Jarrow monastery]]. He then became a monk at Wearmouth, and in 1087 he was appointed [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|prior]] of the monastery at Durham, from 1093 combining this with the [[Archdeacon|archdeaconry]] of Durham. He became close to the Scottish court and became in 1089 a close friend and spiritual adviser to [[Saint Margaret of Scotland]], wife of King [[Malcolm III of Scotland|Malcom III]] and a profoundly religious person.{{sfn|Green|2013|p=90}} After her death and between the years 1100 and 1107, Turgot wrote a [[Hagiography|vita]] of her life at the request of her daughter, [[Matilda of Scotland|Matilda]], wife of King [[Henry I of England]].<ref name=DNB/>

[[File:Durham MMB 02 Cathedral.jpg|thumb|The cathedral of Durham]]
In 1093, he and Bishop [[William de St-Calais]] laid the foundation stone for what would later become [[Durham Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/durham/vol2/pp86-103|publisher=British History|access-date=29 October 2019 |title=Houses of Benedictine monks}}</ref>