I seem to remember we've 'done' Sir John on this list before... Schorne's well is
still in Marston, padlocked up, with an old pump over it. Worth a visit if you're
in the area, and the church is glorious.
Katy
Roger Fern wrote:
> From the britarch list. I'm sure Katy will be interested, but I
> thought quite a few other list-members would like it, too.
>
> Roger Fern.
>
> ------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:17:28 +0100
> Reply-to: British archaeology discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Romsey Abbey
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> The demon in the chalice is frequently confused with the Devil in the boot
> of Master John Schorne. John Schorne was a rector of North Marston in
> Buckinghamshire and legend has it that he conjured the Devil into a boot
> and held him captive there for the space of a sermon.
>
> Schorne's shrine at North Marston attracted pilgrim's who drank from its
> holy well for the relief of 'Axes' (malaria). So wealthy did the shrine become
> that it was transferred to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in order that
> income from pilgrims should benefit the Dean and canons of the Chapel.
>
> Representations of the Devil-in-the-boot miracle appear in wall paintings and
> carvings in churches throughout the land.
>
> Bill White
> Museum of London
> ----------
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Romsey Abbey
> Date: 14 September 2001 14:12
>
> The carving on the pulpit is St John the Evangelist. The chalice with a
> demon in it is a common feature of his iconography. According to the
> Flammarion Iconographic Guide 'The Bible and the Saints' this alludes to
> an
> episode in which St John survived an ordeal set him by the high priest of
> Ephesus, being unaffected by a beverage concocted from snakes' venom.
>
> Peter Pickering
>
> > From: Cerridwen Connelly <[log in to unmask]>
> > Reply-To: Cerridwen Connelly <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 13:04:56 +0100
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Romsey Abbey
> >
> > Two more intriguing works of art at Romsey Abbey.
> > http://www.technopagans.co.uk/SILE.HTM
> >
> > Seeking additional data about the headstanding Green Man and the
> carving on
> > the pulpit, thought to be Luke the Apostle.
> >
> > Yn y Gwe,
> >
> > Cerridwen Connelly
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> Roger W. Fern,
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