Thomas Beckett

History of the Christian Church

 The Middle Ages. A.D. 1049-1294 

Philip Schaff (1819-1893)





"The body of Thomas was buried in the crypt. The remains of his blood and brains were sacredly kept. His monkish admirers discovered, to their amazement and delight, that the martyr, who had once been arrayed in purple and fine linen, wore on his skin under his many garments the coarsest haircloth abounding with vermin. This seemed to betray the perfection of ascetic sanctity according to mediaeval notions".

Swanton Abbott - Saint Michael

Robert Hayne Died June 9th 1776
St Michael - Swanton Abbot
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St Michael - Swanton Abbot
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Robert Spink Died October 15th 1857
St Michael - Swanton Abbot
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St Michael - Swanton Abbot
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Thomas à Kempis

Imitation of Christ 

Thomas à Kempis

(c. 1380-1471)

"If you have ever seen a man die, remember that you, too, must go the same way. In the morning consider that you may not live till evening, and when evening comes do not dare to promise yourself the dawn. Be always ready, therefore, and so live that death will never take you unprepared. Many die suddenly and unexpectedly, for in the unexpected hour the Son of God will come. When that last moment arrives you will begin to have a quite different opinion of the life that is now entirely past and you will regret very much that you were so careless and remiss".

They embalmed him





Genesis 50:26

 

26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Anne Raylie died 1627

Ann Raylie
Saint Nicholas Chapel - King's Lynn

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