. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . n are two only of the many monasteries which he founded, and it isno slight honour to have aided the establishment of such abbeys as Ely andEvesham and Southwell. And though, doubtless, many would blame him forliis appeals to Rome, he may be admired for the apostolic energy with whichhe threw himself into the evangelisation of Sussex—its inhabitants no betterthan heathens—their land desolated by famine—the emaciated natives so des- Rli-ON.] ST. WILFRIDS SHRINE. 133 perate as, grasping hold of each othe
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . n are two only of the many monasteries which he founded, and it isno slight honour to have aided the establishment of such abbeys as Ely andEvesham and Southwell. And though, doubtless, many would blame him forliis appeals to Rome, he may be admired for the apostolic energy with whichhe threw himself into the evangelisation of Sussex—its inhabitants no betterthan heathens—their land desolated by famine—the emaciated natives so des- Rli-ON.] ST. WILFRIDS SHRINE. 133 perate as, grasping hold of each others hands, to throw themselves from thecliffs into the sea, thus to end their misery. He died at Oundle, but hisremains were carried, at his own request, to his old home at Eipon, beingentombed at the south side of the altar. The abbey became one of the threegreat churches in Yorkshire, and the privilege of sanctuary and the right ofusing the ordeal were among the honours conferred upon it by Athelstan. Theboundary of this place of refuge was marked afterwards by eight crosses, sur-. THE EXTEiaOH, mOM THE SOUTH-EAST. rounding the church, where the Archbishop of York claimed that his bailiffshad the right to meet the homicide, and, after oath, to admit him within theprivileged jurisdiction. In after-years not the least profitable of the sourceswhence the fabric fund was derived was the money contributed by pilgrims atthe shiine of St. Wilfrid. There has been much controversy as to the finalresting-place of his body, but an indulgence of Archbishop Grays states that itwas then perfect at Ripon, and that it was exhibited to the worshipping be-holders; and it has been recently conjectured by one of the learned that ifone of the walls in the crypt were tapped, the remains of the patron saint mightstill be found. But the present building had a Norman predecessor too, now only represented 134 CATHEDRAL CHURCHES. [Ripon. by the chapter-house and vestry, with the walls of the crypt
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