JOHN SCHORNE - The SAINT who caught SATAN in a BOOT

[@eelsemaj99]

I love local people that were acclaimed as saints but were never officially canonised. They usually have the best stories

[@ludovica8221]

agree. I Like St Wite (Candida) whose story is also lost but she remains within her shrine still, and my father was a devotee of St Ubaldesca for some obscure reason

[@lianefehrle9921]

He should still be canonized. What a cute boot. There was a little thing in Germany that I did as a child was to put one of our boots outside the day before Christmas Eve. My opa (grandfather) told me if the devil was gone from my soul I would have candy in my boot the next morning. As a little girl I believe him. He had a wooden leg, hollowed, that I used instead of my boot because I had a lot of devilish in me to get gone. I know my grandfather had a laugh about it. Anyway, this story reminded me of that time of my life.

[@allanbarton]

What a wonderful memory, thanks for sharing it!

[@carpathiangirl8460]

Your grandad had a sense of humour.our.

[@norlington2]

There's another John Schorne and boot panel at St Gregory's Church in Sudbury, Suffolk.

[@davidmajer3652]

I like the idea of a pilgrimage theme park. Imagine the mascots the park would have walking about.

[@minui8758]

You don’t have to. Go to Walsingham in Norfolk in May or August or Rome or Spain at Easter and you’ll get the idea

[@rhiannonpoole6019]

Thank you. I love these vignettes of medieval religious history. I quite like the idea of the devil in the boot being the gout, though.

[@allanbarton]

I’ve had gout, and is like having the devil biting you!

[@rodneybaldwin2278]

As always, fascinating, educational and enjoyable. long may you continue Alan. Many thanks for posting

[@allanbarton]

Thanks very much, glad you’re enjoying my channel!

[@TimRrstrm]

Auto Shenanigans recently visited the well in his Great British Road Journeys series and operated it. It has a little devil popping out of the boot.

[@allanbarton]

It does, it’s very fun. The whole present well is very recent, replacing something much more straightforward.

[@frippp66]

4:03 the demon in this picture seems based on the appearance of a bat - which rather reduces its terror for me as bats are such sweet creatures

[@allanbarton]

🦇

[@xenia367]

Thank you. I have been reading the Matthew Bartholomew books by Susanna Gregory and John Schorne and his boot receive several mentions. I was delighted to find out more about him. ❤❤❤

[@allanbarton]

What a stroke of luck! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@annettewillis2797]

Another fascinating insight into medieval life and beliefs. The idea that the devil was the source of pain and misfortune was clearly widely and deeply held. The survival of the screen in Norfolk is a miracle in itself! Many thanks as always Allan. Canonised or not, the stories of these early saints and holy people are so interesting.

[@allanbarton]

Absolutely right! Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@andrewstevenson118]

Excellent work, sir. Thank you.

[@allanbarton]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@trenoweth]

Thanks!

[@allanbarton]

Thank you.

[@stepps511]

Such a fascinating bit of English history/lore. With @eelsemaj99, I find that these out-of-the -way saintly folks to be utterly wonderful. John Shorne seems to have had quite a cult. I had no idea that St. George's was a saintly wonderland, tho' I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. Thank you, Allan, yet again for a marvelous video.

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it ☺️

[@christinesuccop1812]

Love your videos ❤

[@allanbarton]

Thanks Christine.

[@sorceress1963]

Thank you! What an interesting and lovely story. However, I am convinced that this wasn't a boot but a stilleto heel.

[@allanbarton]

😆! Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@TheBlondeSunset]

Good title!

[@ianport2185]

Fascinating as ever. Noticed the carving of the cross in St George's for the fragment of the 'True Cross' resembled the design of the processional cross used at last year's coronation that I think claims to contain another fragment. Might be wrong, but thought I'd mention.

[@Rocwallaby]

A wonderful video, I look forward to watching them knowing I’m going to learn something new, thank you.

[@allanbarton]

Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@mags102755]

Gosh golly Allan. I had never heard of John Schorne. Fascinating.

[@allanbarton]

Glad you found this interesting!

[@tonyharpur8383]

John Schorne gave the devil the boot!

[@amgymrat4546]

I love your videos!

[@allanbarton]

Thanks for sharing your appreciation!

[@spicencens7725]

Always so interesting and well done! Thank you Allan!

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@williamevans9426]

While this account is as serious and informative as all your others, I found a touch of humour, too - probably due to the tiny demon and mention of the (red herring) gout! Many thanks, as always, from Oxford.

[@allanbarton]

My pleasure! 😆

[@theoldar]

I have a great aunt that was beatified! Hasn't made it to saint though.

[@AmynAL]

A very intriguing video. Thank you for your hard work. I always look forward to your posts.

[@allanbarton]

My pleasure, I’m glad you’re enjoying my channel!

[@janescott4574]

On the subject of supposed relics, my family were all devout Roman Catholics. I’m going back at least 100 years ago, when one day my aunt came home from school bearing a huge hand forged nail. A friend had “swapped” it for a bar of chocolate telling her it was from the crucifixion of Jesus!! The family, being kind hearted, didn’t disabuse her of the stupidity of this possibility until she was older. I’m the only one of the family left and still have “The Nail”!!!!!!

[@thelazychefuk4410]

I have often wondered what the 'summer ague' was. so was it malaria?

[@allanbarton]

They believe so.

[@educanassa100]

Amazing video

[@allanbarton]

Thanks!

[@klhaldane]

A story like this always makes me wonder if there's been a corruption in the language somewhere along the way, with "boot" originally being something else.

[@KateVeeoh]

Ah, those were the days, where you could simply catch none other than the devil in your boot. You'd be lucky now to find a lost sock that your cat dropped in there. Arguably a lesser reason for pilgrimage.

[@ludovica8221]

This reminds me if when I moved (hitchhiked) home from a hippie commune in Wales with the dog on a string and the cat sat upright inside a wellington boot . That was quite a journey!! LOL

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

The art destroyed by Henry the eighth upsets me greatly!

[@StevenJeNova]

It's aboot time now then, isn't it? 👹😉

[@allanbarton]

😂

[@susanspacey7537]

As nother amusing tale

[@jilltagmorris]

❤🎉😊🎉😊🎉❤

[@tech10k14]

'Caught Satan in a boot'.... if that doesn't say everything about religions....

[@mellowfellow6816]

Now there's a cult leader I'd like to follow

[@kidmohair8151]

to add to your reasoning at the end concerning canonization of John Schorne, gentlemen borne, if the medieval catholic church had not become so greedy (venal), then the reformation that did away with local saints' veneration, might not have taken place.

[@timhazeltine3256]

The Reformation had several causes, including ecclesiastical corruption, tensions between the increasingly centralized and secular nation state and the Church, rulers need for money, for which the wealthy monasteries were a tempting target, and the invention of the printing press, which functioned much like the 21st internet as a means for quickly disiminating alternative world views. To me the great losses were the submission of the English Church to secular authorities (tellingly, in churches, religious imagery was replaced by the Royal Coat of Arms), and the narrowing of life roles for women outside of marriage.

[@kidmohair8151]

@@timhazeltine3256 I agree completely. I do think however the blatant venality of the upper levels of the clergy by that time was just too much for the less well off members of their congregations, and the lower orders of the clergy, to bear. it is sort of paralleled in our time by the very wealthy corporations who are what amounts to a church of sorts in this socio-economic system.

[@timhazeltine3256]

@@kidmohair8151 I agree, that's why I noted ecclesiastical corruption as a root cause.

[@DeidreCBIE]

Thanks!

[@allanbarton]

Thank you.