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.
This story is about a local official who was killed while attempting to hunt down deer sent by the Virgin Mary to provide milk for workers building a convent in Dereham, Norfolk.