. The chronicle of Lanercost, 1272-1346; . or robbing them after gratifying theirlust. Also they herded together a crowd of little scholars in theschools of Hexham, and, having blocked the doors, set fire tothat pile [so] fair [in the sight] of God. Three monasteries ofholy coUegiates were destroyed by them—Lanercost, of the CanonsRegular; and Hexham of the same order, and [that] of the nunsof Lambley -; of all these the devastation can by no means beattributed to the valour of warriors, but to the dastardly conductof thieves, who attacked a weaker community where they wouldnot be likely to me
. The chronicle of Lanercost, 1272-1346; . or robbing them after gratifying theirlust. Also they herded together a crowd of little scholars in theschools of Hexham, and, having blocked the doors, set fire tothat pile [so] fair [in the sight] of God. Three monasteries ofholy coUegiates were destroyed by them—Lanercost, of the CanonsRegular; and Hexham of the same order, and [that] of the nunsof Lambley -; of all these the devastation can by no means beattributed to the valour of warriors, but to the dastardly conductof thieves, who attacked a weaker community where they wouldnot be likely to meet with any resistance. Forasmuch as it is God alone who can bring the best out of theworst, I shall here relate two matters for the sake of edification,because perfidious persons desire under the cloak of Christianity,to be esteemed like righteous ones, not in reality, but inappearance. This may be easily proved about these [Scots] ; Tola virtus tyronum etjuvenum. - Lambley-upon-Tyne, a convent of Benedictine Nuns near IIKXHAM AiSMK^ CHLWCU KAST ) LANERCOST for whereas they knew that they had acted most wickedly towardsthe aforesaid nuns, at the last they sought out a priest who shouldcelebrate mass for them. He, induced, as I suppose, more byfear than any other motive, performed the sacred office as faras the Confectio, but when he was about to handle and consecratethe bread, suddenly it vanished. Wishing to conceal his shame,he took another host intending to consecrate it, but it disappearedbetween the fingers which held it. All those present, beholdingthe priests temerity rebuked and understanding the vengeance ofGod, fled from the place conscious of their guilt. Again, in the church of Hexham, which was built by thatillustrious bishop of the Lord, S. Wilfrid, there were placedof old several shrines, enclosing relics of the holy fathers, whereofthe holy Beda describes the merits and efix:cts in De GestisAnglorum. That very church, carved with Roman wo
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