William of Orkney

Bishop of Orkney

Orkney

1151, 1153

According to the writer of Orkneyinga Saga, Bishop William had studied in Paris. When asked by Earl Rognvald to serve him as an interpreter on the journey to Jerusalem, William promised to go.

Earl Rognvald of Orkney, Eindridi the Young, Jon Petersson, Armod, Erling Wry-neck, Aslak Erlendsson, Guthorm Mjolukoll, Magnus Havardsson, Svein Hroaldsson, Oddi the Little, Sigmund Fish-Hook, Thorbjorn the Black

Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney, trans. Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards (London: Penguin, 1981), 156–82; Orkneyinga Saga, ed. Finnbogi Guðmundsson (Reykjavík: Hið Íslenzka Fornritafélag, 1965), 208–37.