History of the family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel) . SIR JOHN MAUNSELL 19 r Lincoln, Lichfield, Wimborne, and others. Hence the eligibility ofJohn Maunsell, a secular priest, for the office of provost. St. John died in 721, and in 1037 he was canonised byBenedict IX. The fame of the Minster and of its saintly founderwas widely spread, and many royal personages resorted thither to begthe saints assistance, or to return thanks for favours received. William the Conqueror, when he devastated Yorkshire, turnedaside from the lands of the Minster, broke up his camp and removed itto a distance, lest
History of the family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel) . SIR JOHN MAUNSELL 19 r Lincoln, Lichfield, Wimborne, and others. Hence the eligibility ofJohn Maunsell, a secular priest, for the office of provost. St. John died in 721, and in 1037 he was canonised byBenedict IX. The fame of the Minster and of its saintly founderwas widely spread, and many royal personages resorted thither to begthe saints assistance, or to return thanks for favours received. William the Conqueror, when he devastated Yorkshire, turnedaside from the lands of the Minster, broke up his camp and removed itto a distance, lest he should disturb the peace of St. I. and Henry IV. were visitors at the shrine of the saint, andHenry V. came hither after the battle of Agincourt, fought on Day, October 25, which was also the date of the transla-tion of St. John of Beverley, and the day on which his feast is stillobserved. Thither, too, flocked the blind, the maim, the afflicted in diversways, and found relief. Many and various miracles are related bySt. J
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