CHAPTER XXVII.

SAXON SAINTS AND NORMAN SOLDIERS:--The saving of the church of St. John of Beverley--The inhabitants of Beverley take refuge in the church of St. John--The Normans hear reports of the riches lodged within the walls of the church--Toustain heads the Normans in the pillage of the church--Toustain's misadventure--Superstitious terror of the Normans