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Thefe Shrines were made for receiving Reliques 
of Saints, in old Abbeys, Churches, and Cathedrals, 
(Sec a Print in the Hi (lory of Canterbury , and in 
Hugdales Mortafticon, of the high Altarofthe Church 
of St. Augujtin there j no lefs than thirteen of thefe 
Shrines (landing around). Thefe were carried about 
in Proce (Irons on their anniversary Days ,• fometimes 
cmbellifhed with Jewels of ineftimable Value. Be- 
fidcs thefe portable ones, there were others, built of 
Stone, Marble, and other Materials; like that of 
St. Edward the* Confejfor in Weftminfter- Abbey ; 
one now in Chefter Cathedral of St. IVerburga , 
whereon the epifcOpal Throne is fet, adorn'd with 
Sculptures of Saxon Kings and Saints : One of St. 
Thomas de Cant dupe Bifhop of Hereford , in that 
Cathedral. Thefe now remain. There was one in 
the Church of Burton - Coggles, Lincolnfhire ; and of 
Heckington in the fame County ; and innumerable 
others, deftroy’d at the Diflolution of Monafteries. 
The Shrine before us, from the Manner of draw- 
ing, and Workmanship, I conclude to be of Saxon 
Antiquity, and that very high; now near 900 Years 
old. I think it gives us the Story of the Murder of 
the Abbot these, and his Monks, perpetrated by the 
barbarous Hanes , in the Year 870. 
Sept. 2f. that Year, they rufh'd into the Church 
of Cropland , whilft the Religious were at divine 
Service. Ingulphus , Abbot of the Place, in his Hi- 
ftory, gives us this Account. Lord Theodore wat 
then Abbot of Cropland ; who at that time pontiff 
cally officiated at the high Altar, expecting the Bar- 
barians. King Osketpl cut off his Head upon the 
Altar. Verus Martpr et Chrifti hoftia immolatur , 
fays 
