 ... priest ; whereupon some zealous or officious courtiers came over and killed him : for which, as the King was made to undergo a severe penance, so the monks were not wanting in their ordinary arts to give out many miraculous stories concerning his...  Other Times; Or, the Monks of Leadenhall - Page 20by Thomas Gaspey - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Gilbert Burnet - Reformation - 1816 - 720 pages
...give out many miraculous stories concerning his blood. This soon drew a canonization from Rome ; and he, being a martyr for the papacy, was more extolled...was accounted one of the greatest saints in heaven, as may appear from the accounts in the ledger-books of the offerings made to the three greatest altars... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1825 - 620 pages
...give out many miraculous stories concerning hisblood. This soon drew a canonization from Rome ; and he, being a martyr for the papacy, was more extolled...was accounted one of the greatest saints in heaven, as may appear from the accounts in the ledger-books of the offerings made to the three greatest altars... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Reformation - 1841 - 924 pages
...give out many miraculous stories concerning his blood. This soon drew a canonisation from Rome ; and he being a martyr for the papacy, was more extolled than all the apostles or primitive sainte had ever been : so that for 300 years he was accounted one of the greatest saints in heaven,... | |
 | Richard Mant (bp. of Down, Connor and Dromore.) - 1843 - 138 pages
...Canterbury the Martyr, which is related by Bishop Burnet to have been " the richest shrine in England.'' " For three hundred years he was accounted one of the greatest saints in heaven, as may appear from the accounts in the ledger books of the offerings made to the three greatest altars... | |
 | Cator Chamberlain - Church and state - 1862 - 238 pages
...be convenient to some to be reminded of its points, it is subjoined from Burnet, i. Pt. I. 378 :— "Being a martyr for the Papacy, was more extolled...was accounted one of the greatest saints in heaven, as may appear from the accounts in the ledgerbooks of the offerings made to the three greatest altars... | |
 | John Russell (1st earl.) - 1865 - 322 pages
...the richest shrine in England was that of Thomas Beckett, called St. Thomas of Canterbury the Martyr. For three hundred years he was accounted one of the greatest saints in heaven, as may appear from the accounts in the Ledger-books, of the offerings made to the three greatest altars... | |
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