46 SAINT MODWEN. 
Coventry and Lichfield, who dedicated the chapel, 1199-1210. 
I even think we can get two years nearer, for the Annales 
de Burton, say on page 209, under the date 1201. ‘The 
same year S. Wolstan of Worcester and S. Modwenna of 
Burton shewed forth many and great miracles,” and I think 
this last extract will fully account for the re-building of the 
chapel, any-way if it was the re-building of a ruin or the 
re-building of an existing building in a much more elaborate 
style, it is curious we have had so many mentions of the 
Shrine, but this is the first mention of the Chapel on 
Andressey. We shall see later on that while the Chapel 
on Andressey contained the tomb of S. Modwen, the shrine 
was undoubtedly in the Monastic Church. From the ded- 
ication of this little chapel and the events that led up to 
it, came, I think, events that even to this day are felt in 
our town of Burton; for it was about this time King John 
on the 2nd April, 1200, granted the great ‘Fair of three 
days continuance, viz: the Vigil, feast, and next day 
following the Feast of S. Modwen,” (Charter Roll, John 
(1200), part 2, number 11), which is October 2gth. 
This is the first day of the winter horse fair except when 
Sunday intervenes, when it is 28th, or 29th and 30th. 
This brings up the question that seems to puzzle many. 
Why, if S. Modwen’s day be July 6th, should the printed 
notice framed and mounted in the Parish Church porch 
give S. Modwen’s day as October 29th? 
The explanation is simply this: July the 6th will be 
S. Modwen’s day, most likely the day of her death; 
October 29th would be the day of her translation, 1 cannot 
say which, for undoubtedly there were at least two, the first 
from where she died, the Life says Langfortin, the legend 
on her tomb says Scotland, to her monastery on the Isle 
of Andressey; the second to the shrine in the Monastic 
Church. I believe myself it was the latter, at all events 
we are not left to surmise about there being two days, for 
