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that it is part of the shrine erected over the relics of St.
Kyneburgha, which were removed from Castor to Peterborough during
the Abbacy of Elsinus, A.D. 1005-1055. A fragment of sculpture in
the same style is built into the west wall of the South Transept.

[4] A Saxon King of Northumbria and the second Christian monarch
of that province. An interesting account of this prince, and of
the extraordinary miracles said to have been performed by his
remains after death, will be found in a larger edition of the
Guide to the Cathedral, by Thos. Craddock, Esq. Price 2.6 & 15.

[5] Britton says, on the authority of Gunton, that they sent the
secretary of the monastery over to Denmark, on purpose to obtain
it. It is, however, more probable that Hereward, knowing the
disposition of the Norman abbot would lead him to enrich himself
at the expense of the monastery, took this means of removing
temptation out of the way of Thorold, and subsequently restored
the treasure to the monastery, when there was no longer any
danger of its being appropriated by the abbot.

[6] Toot is an old Saxon word, signifying to stand out, or be
prominent.

CHAPTER II.

_From the Foundation of the New Church, in 1117, to its dissolution
as an Abbey by Henry the Eighth, in 1541;--embracing a period of 425
years._

In the first chapter of our history, we traced the rise and progress of
the monastery of _Peterburgh_ through a period of 462 years, at the
expiration of which time we saw it burned to the ground, with all the
treasures which it had accumulated. We have now to witness its
restoration, and to follow it until we come to the nineteenth century,
through all the ravages which it has survived.

At the time of the eventful destruction which we have mentioned [1116],
John de Sais was abbot of the monastery, and had regained for it
several of the lands which had been forfeited by his predecessors. He
was, according to Gunton, a very learned man, and possessed great
strength of mind and decision of character. He showed his energy by the
prompt measures which he took to rebuild the abbey after its
destruction, and to get all those lands, manors, and fees confirmed to
it which it had so long enjoyed, and which continued daily to increase.
It was a very long time, however, before the new monastery was built.
John de Sais super