One story says that the Virgin Mary sent a pair of female deer to provide milk for Wihtburh's workers during the construction of her convent at Dereham, in Norfolk. When a local official attempted to hunt down the does, he was thrown from his horse and killed.
A story recounts that the Virgin Mary sent two female deer to supply milk for Wihtburh's workers while they built her convent in Dereham, Norfolk. A local official tried to capture the deer, but fell off his horse and died.