The popular history of England; an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . Wales was the especial seat of these superstitions. Therewas an image at Bangor, worth to the friars twenty marks by the year incom, cheese, cattle, and money. H But the counties nearer London hadtheir relics, ancient and modem. At Caversham, near Heading, the friarf • State Papers, vol. i., p. 464. t See nn/«r, p. 246. : Suppression of Monasteries, p. 237. § SevtnUi Sermon before Edwv-d VI. li Suppression of Monasteries, pp. 18S—186. 1i Z^^-, P- 212. ALLEGED ABOMINATION
The popular history of England; an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . Wales was the especial seat of these superstitions. Therewas an image at Bangor, worth to the friars twenty marks by the year incom, cheese, cattle, and money. H But the counties nearer London hadtheir relics, ancient and modem. At Caversham, near Heading, the friarf • State Papers, vol. i., p. 464. t See nn/«r, p. 246. : Suppression of Monasteries, p. 237. § SevtnUi Sermon before Edwv-d VI. li Suppression of Monasteries, pp. 18S—186. 1i Z^^-, P- 212. ALLEGED ABOMINATIONS OF LIVING. [1539. 410 Bhowed the holy knife that killed St. Edward, and « the holy dagger thatkilled kiug Henry. At Beading abbey the relics would occupy fourBheeta of paper to make an inventory of every part thereof. Walsingham,famous for these curiosities, contributed a more than common proportion tothe bonfire which Cromwell made at Chelsea of these memorials of a perish-ing belief. At St. Pauls Cross some of the images were exhibited andbroken in pieces. The famous rood of Boxley, of which the figure could. Elm formerly in St. Tauls Cliurcbyard, on the spot where the Cross stood. move his threatening eyes, twitch his nostrils, throw back his head, or nodapprobation, is elevated on a scafibld, and goes through the performance atwhich past generations had trembled and wondered. The imposture isproclaimed from the pulpit ; the image is cast down into the street; itsmachinery is disclosed; and amidst the hootings of the people is consigned tothe flames. The abomination of living, of which the inmates of the religious houseswere accused, are exhibited in these returns of the commissioners. Some-times their neighbours have evil things to say of them; sometimes the monksthemselves relate some of the evil doings of their brethren, at which theyduly profess their horror. Eichard Beerley, a monk of Pershore, imploresCromwell, as the most gracious lord and most worthiest vica
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