sentences:  Bartholomew was a native of Normandy, and was probably born in Millières, a village in the Cotentin near Lessay and Périers.He was a clerk of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury before becoming Archdeacon of Exeter in 1155.He was a correspondent of John of Salisbury, as he and John had been clerks for Theobald along with Thomas Becket.