John Schorne, Conjured the Devil into a Boot - Wayne Perkins - Zoom

This talk will seek to illustrate the circumstances for his non-canonisation, of how his bones were ‘translated ‘to St George’s Chapel

By Viktor Wynd & The Last Tuesday Society

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About this event

Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

John Schorne, Gentleman Born, Conjured the Devil into a Boot

'Master,' 'Maister' or 'Sir' John Schorn(e), Rector of North Marston, Buckinghamshire died in 1314, reputed to have possessed miraculous powers of healing sickness in both animals and humans.

His most infamous miracle was when he conjured the devil into a boot! A second legend recounts the time when struck the ground with his staff from which a spring gushed forth. The water was said to be excellent for curing the 'ague' (malaria) and gout!

Following his death in the 14th century, his shrine became the third most popular after Canterbury & Walsingham - yet, mysteriously, he remained uncanonised!

This talk will seek to illustrate the circumstances for his non-canonisation, of how his bones were ‘translated ‘to St George’s Chapel at Windsor and how his ‘territory of grace’ spread out to encompass the south of England.

Speaker Bio

Wayne Perkins is an archaeologist of 23 years with a special interest in apotropaic graffiti, folklore and concealed objects recovered from ancient buildings.

Don’t worry if you miss it – we will send you a recording valid for two weeks the next day.

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Viktor Wynd & The Last Tuesday Society

The Last Tuesday Society is a 'pataphysical organisation founded by William James at Harvard in the 1870s, currently headquartered at The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History in London. For the last twenty years we have put on Lectures, Balls, Workshops, Masterclasses, Balls, Seances, Expeditions to Papua New Guinea & West Africa, all from our East London Museum and it's infamous cocktail bar.