le to Hereward, the Saxon patriot, and created him knight. At his
death a Norman was appointed, =Turold=, of Fescamp (1069-1098); but "he
neither loved his monastery, nor his convent him." During the interval
between Brando's death and Turold's arrival, a partial destruction of
the monastery took place. This has been already described. Some account
for Hereward's share in the attack and in the carrying off of the
treasures by supposing that he meant to restore them when the rule of
the Norman Abbot came to an end. When Turold arrived at Peterborough he
brought with him a force of 160 well-armed Normans. Joining the forces
of Ivo Taillebois he attacked the Camp of Refuge near Ely. The attacking
party was repulsed by Hereward, and Turold taken prisoner, and only
liberated upon paying a heavy ransom. Soon afterwards the Abbot is said
to have received into the monastery two monks from beyond sea, "who
secretly stole away, and carried many of the Church Goods with them." At
length he was made Bishop in France, and the monastery trusted they had
seen the last of him. But he was ignominiously expelled in four days,
and was permitted, upon paying a large sum of money to the king, to
resume his abbacy.

[Illustration: Rose Windows and Details of West Front.]

Another uncle of Hereward's, =Godric= (1099-1103), brother of Brando,
became the next abbot. The monks had purchased from the king the right
to elect their own abbot; and Godric, being considered by this
transaction to have committed simony, was (with the neighbouring abbots
of Ely and Ramsey) deposed by a council held under the presidency of
Archbishop Anselm.

=Matthias= (1103-1105), was brother of Geoffrey, the Chief Justice, who
was drowned at the foundering of The White Ship, when Prince William,
the King's son, was lost. After the death of Matthias there was a
vacancy of three years, until =Ernulf= (1107-1114), Prior of Canterbury
came. He became Bishop of Rochester, and died in 1124.

=John de Sais= (1114-1125), probably came from Sees, in Normandy; though
he is sometimes called John of Salisbury. In 1116 nearly the whole town
was consumed by a fire that lasted nine days. It began in the bakehouse
of the monastery and completely destroyed the church and most of the
abbey buildings, the Chapter House, Refectory and Dormitory alone
escaping. In March 1118 (or, as then written, 1117), the commencement
was made of the building that now exists. Abbot John died in 1125;