Danes, Saxons and Normans; or, Stories of our ancestors

CHAPTER XXXV.

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THE DEATH OF COSPATRICK:--Cospatrick attempts to draw Malcolm from Northumberland--Durham cathedral in disorder--Deposition of the Bishop of Durham--Cospatrick is deprived of the earldom of Northumberland--He goes to Flanders--The clergy enemies to Cospatrick--Cospatrick's pilgrimage to the Holy Land--His illness--Sends to Melrose for the hermits Aldwin and Turgot--Cospatrick's gifts--His death--His son--Burial in Norham church--Norham a memorial of his greatness