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A37229 The ancient rite and monuments of the monastical, & cathedral church of Durham collected out of ancient manuscripts, about the time of the suppression / published by J.D. Davies, John, 1625-1693. 1672 (1672) Wing D392; ESTC R24290 63,356 175

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the Lantern John washington Prior of Durham lies buried under a fair Marble stone with his Verses engraven in Brass upon it before the Porch over the entrance of the North Alley as you go to the Song-School adjoyning to St. Benedict's Altar Robert Berrington of Walworth Prior of Durham first obtained the use of the Mitre with the Staff He lyeth buried under a fair Marble stone being Pictur'd from the waste up in Brass on the North-side of Prior Washington in the North-plage over against St. Benedict's Altar being the first of the three Altars in the North-plage Next to St. Benedict's Altar on the North is St. Gregory's Altar being the second Altar An Ancient Memorial Collected forth of the best Antiquaries concerning the Battel of Durham in John Fosser's time In the Night before the Battel of Durham strucken and begun the seventeenth day of October Anno Dom. 1346. There did appear to John Fosser then Prior of the Abbey at Durham a Vision commanding him to take the Holy Corporax-cloath which was within the Corporax where with St. Cuthbert did cover the Chalice when he used to say Mass and to put the same holy Relique like unto a Banner-cloath upon a Spear point and on the Morning after to go and repair to a place on the West part of the City of Durham called the Red-Hills and there to remain and abide till the end of the said Battel To which Vision the Prior obeying and taking the same for a Revelation of Gods grace and mercy by the Mediation of Holy St. Cuthbert did accordingly early the next Morning together with the Monks of the said Abbey repair to the said place called Red-Hills there most devoutly humbling and prostrating themselves in Prayer for the Victory in the said Battel a great number and multitude of Scots running and passing by them with intention to have spoiled them yet they had no power or sufferance to commit any violence and force to such Holy Persons so occupied in Prayers being protected and defended by the mighty providence of Almighty God and by the Mediation of Holy St. Cuthbert and the presence of the said Holy Relique And after many conflicts and warlike exploits there had and done betwixt the English men and the King of Scots and his Company the said Battel ended and the Victory was obtained to the great overthrow and confusion of the Scots their Enemies And when the said Prior and Monks accompany'd with Ralph Lord Nevil and John Nevil his Son the Lord Percy and many other Nobles of England returned home and went to the Abbey-Church there joyning in hearty prayer and thanksgiving to God and holy St. Cuthbert for the Conquest and Victory atchieved that day a Holy Cross which had been taken out of the Holy-Rood-House in Scotland by King David Bruce was won and taken upon the said King of Scots at the said Battel Which Cross by most Ancient and credible Writers is Recorded to have come to the said King most miraculously and to have happened and chanced into his hand being Hunting the Wild Hart in a Forrest nigh Edinborough upon Holy-Rood-day commonly called The Exaltation of the Holy Cross the said King separated and parted from his Nobles and Company suddenly there appeared unto him as it seemed a most fair Hart running towards him in a full and speedy Course which so affrighted the King's Horse that he violently coursed away whom the Hart so fiercely and swiftly follow'd that he bare forcibly both the King and his Horse to the ground He being much dismay'd thereat did cast back his hands betwixt the tynes of the said Hart to stay himself and then and there the said Cross most strangely and most wondrously slipped into the King's Hands at the view whereof the Hart immediately vanished away and was never seen after no man knowing certainly what metal or wood the said Cross was made of In the place where that Miracle was so wrought doth now spring a Fountain called the Rood-Well And the next night after that the said Cross so bechanced unto him the said King was charged and warned in his sleep by a Vision to build an Abbey in the same place which he most diligently observed as a true Message from Almighty God and so did send for Work-men into France and Flanders who at their coming were retained and did erect and build the said Abbey accordingly which the King caused to be Furnished with Canons Regular and Dedicated the same in honour of the Cross and placed the said Cross most sumptuously and richly in the said Abbey there to remain as a most renowned Monument And it so there remained till the said King the night before he addressed him forward to the said Battel was in a Dream admonished that in any wise he should not attempt to spoil or violate the Church Goods of St. Cuthbert or any thing that appertained unto that Holy Saint which for that he most contemptuously and presumptuously did disdain and contemn violating and destroying so much as he could the said Goods and Lands belonging to St. Cuthbert he was not only punished by God Almighty by his own Captivity being taken at the same Battel in the Field and therein sore wounded having first valiantly fought but there were also taken with him four Earls two Lords the Arch-Bishop of St. Andrews one other Bishop one Knight with many others and in the same Battel were slain seven Earls of Scotland besides many Lords and Scoth-men to the number of one and other fifteen thousand as also by the loss of the said Cross which was taken upon him and many other most excellent Jewels and Monuments which were brought from Scotland as his own Banner and other Noble-mens Ancients all which were offer'd up at the Shrine of St. Cuthbert for the beautifying and adorning thereof together with the Black Rood of Scotland so termed with Mary and John made of silver being as it were smoaked all over which was placed and set up most exactly in the Pillar next St. Cuthbert's Shrine in the South Alley of the said Abbey And shortly after that the said Prior caused a goodly and sumptuous Banner to be made with pipes of silver to be put on a staff being five yards long with a device to take off and on the said Pipes at pleasure and to be kept in a Chest in the Feretory when they were taken down which Banner was shew'd and carried in the said Abbey on Festival and principal dayes On the height of the over-most Pipes was a fair pretty Cross of silver and a wand of silver having a fine wrought knob of silver at either end that went underneath the Banner-cloath whereunto the Banner-cloath was fastened and tyed which wand was of the thickness of a man's finger and at either end of the said wand there was a fine silver Bell. The wand was fasten'd by the middle to the Banner-staff hard under the Cross the Banner-cloath was a yard broad and five quarters
and John with an Altar for a Monk to say daily Mass being in ancient times inhabited by an Anchorite whereunto the Priors were wont much to frequent both for the excellency of the place to hear the high Mass standing so conveniently unto the high Altar and withal so near a Neighbour to the Sacred Shrine of St. Cuthbert whereunto the Priors were most devoutly addicted The entrance to this Porch or Anchoridge was up a fair pair of stairs adjoyning to the North door of St. Cuthbert's Feretory under which stairs the Paschal did lye and in time of Lent the Children of the Ambrie were enjoyned to come thither daily to dress trim and make it bright against the Paschal Feast In this North-Alley of the Quire betwixt two Pillars on the South side before St. Blaise's Altar afterwards called Skirlaw's Altar lyeth buried Walter Skirlaw Bishop of Durham under a fair Marble stone very sumptuously beset with many brazen Images having his own Image most artificially pourtray'd in Brass in the midst thereof with this saying engraven upon his Breast Credo quo● Redemptor meus vivit et in die novissimo 〈◊〉 terrâ surrecturus sum et in carne meâ videbo Deum Salvatorem meum Right over the entrance of this North Alley going to the Song-School which was heretofore the Segefetons Exchequer there was a Porch adjoyning to the Quire o● the South and St. Benedict's Altar on th● North the Porch having in it an Altar a●● the Rood Picture of our Saviour which Altar and Rood were much frequented in Devotion by Dr. Swallwell sometimes Monk of Duresme the said Rood having mighty sumptuous Furniture for Festival dayes belonging to it The South Alley of the Quire At the East end of the South Alley of the Quire adjoyning to the Pillar next St. Cuthbert's Feretory next the Quire door on the South side opposite to the aforesaid Porch in the said North Alley there was a most fair Rood or Picture of our Saviour called the black Rood of Scotland with the Pictures of Mary and John being brought out of Holy Rood-House in Scotland by King David Bruce and was won at the Battel of Durham with the Picture of our Lady on the one side of our Saviour and the Picture of St. John on the other side Which Rood and Pictures were all three very richly wrought in silver the which were all smoaked black over being large Pictures of a yard or five quarters long and on every one of their heads a Crown of pure beaten Gold of Goldsmith's work with a device or wrest to take them off and to put them on And on the back-side of the said Rood Picture there was a piece of work that they were fasten'd unto all adorn'd with fine Wainscot-work and curious Painting well befitting such costly Pictures from the midst of the Pillar up to the height of the Vault which Wainscot was all red varnished over very finely and all set forth with Stars of Lead every Star finely gilt over with gold And also the said Rood and Pictures had every one of them an Iron stuck fast in the back-part of the said Images that had a hole in the said Irons that went through the wainscot to put in a pin of Iron to make them fast to the Wainscot Thomas Hatfeald Bishop of Durham lyeth buried over against the Revestry-door in the South Alley of the Quire betwixt two Pillars under the Bishop's seat which he did make before he dyed his Tomb being all of Alabaster whereunto was adjoyned a little Altar which he prepared for a Monk to say Mass for his Soul after his Death the Altaring environed with an Iron grate Within this South Alley of the Quire was the Revestry where the Bishop or his Suffragane had a peculiar Altar where they did use to say Mass only at such time as they were to consecrate Priests or to give any holy Orders The Cross-Alley of the Lantern before the Quire Door going North and South In the former part of the Quire on either side the West door or chief entrance thereof without the Quire door in the Lantern were placed in their several Rooms one above another the most excellent Pictures all gilt very beautifull to behold of all the Kings and Queens as well of Scotland as England who were devout and godly Founders and Benefactors of this famous Church and Sacred Monuments of St. Cuthbert to invite and provoke their Posterities to the like Religious endeavours in their several Successions and Kingdoms whose names here after follow Edgarus Rex Scotorum Katharina Regina Angliae Davia Broys Rex Scotorum Richardus Secundus Rex Angliae Alexander Rex Scotorum Henricus Quartus Rex Angliae Richardus Primus Rex Angliae Alexander Rex Scotorum Matilda Regina Angliae David Rex Scotorum Edwardus Tortius Rex Angliae Henricus Secundus Rex Angliae Edwardus Primus Rex Angliae Henricus Quintus Rex Angliae Alexander Rex Scotorum Sibylla Regina Scotorum Gulielmus Rufus Rex Angliae Richardus Tertius Rex Angliae Gulielmus Conquestor Rex Angliae Haraldus Rex Angliae Johannes Rex Angliae Edwardus Secundus Rex Angliae Ethelstanus Rex Angliae Stephanus Rex Angliae Matilda Regina Angliae Knutus Rex Angliae Malcolmus Rex Scotorum Duncanus Rex Scotorum Henricus Tertius Rex Angliae Elianora Regina Angliae Henricus Primus Rex Angliae Elianora Regina Angliae Malcolmus Rex Scotorum Gulielmus Rex Scotorum In the Lantern called the New Work were hanging three very fine Bells which Bells were rung ever at Mid-night at twelve of the Clock for the Monks went evermore to Mattins at that hour of the Night There were four men appointed to ring the said Bells at Mid-night and at such other times of the day as the Monks went to serve God two of the said men appertaining to the Revestry who alwayes kept the Copes with the Vestments and five pair of silver Censers with all such goodly Ornaments pertaining to the high Altar Which two men did lye every night in a Chamber over the West end of the said Revestry And the other two men did lye every Night within the said Church in a Chamber in the North alley over against the Sextons Exchequer These two men did alwayes sweep and keep the Church cleanly and did fill the Holy-water-stone every Sunday in the Morning with clean water before it came to be hallowed and did lock in the Church doors every Night Also there is standing in the South Pillat of the Quire-door of the Lantern in a corner of the said Pillar a four-square stone which hath been finely wrought in every square a fair large Image whereon did stand a four-square stone about it which had twelve Cressets wrought in that stone which were fill'd with Tallow and every night one of them was lighted when the day was gone and did burn to give light to the Monks at Mid-night when they came to Mattins The North Alley of