390 BYLAND ABBEY. 



to this sequestered and peaceable retreat. In this 

 place he spent the remainder of his life, and after 

 the exit of his spirit from this world of fluctuation 

 and trouble, his body was deposited in this asylum 

 of cloistered piety, where his bones remained till 

 the year 1819, at which time they were disinterred, 

 after having lain in silence 600 years ; and conveyed 

 to Myton, where they were again committed to the 

 earth, there perhaps to remain till the archangel's 

 trump shall arouse them from their slumber. The 

 removal of the bones of this once mighty hero, was 

 effected by the direction of Martin Stapylton, Esq.* 

 who learned from ancient MSS. (see Dugdale's 

 Baronage, also on the pedigree of the Mowbray's,) 

 the spot in Byland abbey where they were deposited, 

 and who conveyed them in his carriage, and had 

 them interred at Myton, in July in the above year. 



In this abbey was buried Wisniond, bishop of 

 the Isle of Man, who in the reign of Stephen, when 

 fighting against the Scots, was taken prisoner by 

 them, and suffered the loss of his eyes ; after 

 which he retired to this abbey, to have a gentle and 

 peaceable descent to the grave. 



William of Newbrough, besides his historical 

 work, wrote a commentary on the Song of So- 

 lomon, which he dedicated to Roger the second ab- 

 bot of this monastery, who lived A. D. 1141. Col- 

 lect, iv. 38. 



In 1818, some men being employed by Martin 

 Stapylton, Esq. to remove rubbish from' the site of 



* Martin Stapylton, Esq., is descended from Sir Miles 

 Stapylton, Knight of the Garter, and Beatrice, daughter 

 of ting lienry HI. 



