In 1058, the Sherborne chapter elected Herman, Bishop of Ramsbury to be also Bishop of Sherborne. Following the Norman conquest, the 1075 Council of London united his two sees as a single diocese and translated them to the then-larger settlement around the royal castle at Old Sarum.
In 1058, Herman, Bishop of Ramsbury was appointed Bishop of Sherborne by the Sherborne chapter. After the Norman Conquest, the Council of London in 1075 united his two sees into a single diocese and moved them to the larger settlement around Old Sarum's royal castle.