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Description: | THE 14TH TO 15TH CENTURY SAW A NUMBER OF MINOR PILGRIMAGE CENTRES SPRING UP, ONE OF WHICH EXISTED AT RIPPINGALE. IN THE 14TH CENTURY THE PARISH PRIEST AND PARISHIONERS OF RIPPINGALE ALLEGED THAT A WOODEN STATUE KNOWN AS JURDON CROSS WHICH STOOD 'IN CERTAIN FIELDS WITHIN THE PARISH BOUNDS NEAR THE HIGH ROAD' HAD WORKED MIRACLES, AND A GREAT FUSS AND TO DO ENSUED. BISHOP BUCKINGHAM, WHOSE REGISTER IS IN THE LINCOLN ARCHIVES OFFICE (REGISTER 12 f. 331 v), BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS SIMPLY A MONEY-MAKING EXERCISE AND CAME OUT STRONGLY AGAINST IT IN 1387, BUT THE POPE GRANTED A LICENCE TO THE RECTOR IN 1390 TO BUILD A CHAPEL ON THE SPOT AND HAVE SERVICES THERE. THE CHAPEL APPARENTLY SURVIVED AS A HERMITAGE INTO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, BUT NO FURTHER MIRACLES ARE KNOWN TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE. {1}
THE EXACT LOCATION OF THIS SITE IS UNCERTAIN. | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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