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Rh of Bishop Dalderby records his; death there in March 1314. It is impossible now to say what was the origin of the legend that he once ' conjured the devil into a boot ' ; and yet a great part of his fame rests upon this curious exploit, and in every extant representation of him he stands with a boot in one hand, from which the fiend emerges, while his other hand gives the blessing which prevents the escape of his captive. He was never formally canonized ; but a shrine was erected over his tomb, and his fame spread rapidly all over the midlands. It seems well to anticipate a little at this point and to complete this notice of him by adding that his shrine was afterwards removed to St. George's Chapel at Windsor, ) when the church of North Marston was transferred to the patronage of the dean and canons there ; but an image was set up in its place, and was the object of constant pilgrimage (being ' moch sowght for the agow,' as Foxe and Dr. London testified) until the Reformation.

It was during the lifetime of Master John Schorne, namely in 1291, that the 'Taxation of Pope Nicholas IV.' was compiled a record of great interest for this county and all England, as it gives a fairly complete account of the value of church property, spiritual and temporal, at this time. In the archdeaconry of Buckingham, divided into eight rural deaneries, are given the names of 170 churches, and the total value of the property of the Church is placed at £2,338 8s. 8d. in spiritualities and £602 8s. in temporalities. As in the case of other archdeaconries, these figures are found to be somewhat inaccurate. Eighteen churches are altogether omitted, and no account is taken of the priories of Chetwode and Ivinghoe. There were few benefices of