Trumhere

Trumhere (also Thumere ) was the third bishop of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia. He was the successor of Ceollach and the first Anglo-Saxon, who held the Mercian bishop. His term of office was in the years between 659 and 662

Trumhere came from the royal house of Deira and was trained by Irish monks. Prior to his appointment as Bishop of Mercia, Trumhere was the first abbot of the monastery of Gilling, which was founded as an atonement for the murder of King Oswines from Deira by the troops of King Oswius of Bernicia by his wife Eanflæd, a close relatives Oswines.

The appointment Trumheres Bishop of Mercia, Lindsey and the territory of the middle Fishing could have been an attempt King Oswius to consolidate the supremacy of Northumbria over Mercia, has been but also noted that it could have been just the Mercian king Wulfhere, the Trumhere was used to reduce the Northumbrian influence, represented by Ceollach.

Trumheres successor as Bishop of Mercia was Jaruman.