A farcical event at this location involved Lancelot Errington and his nephew Mark using such lame excuses as "needing a shave" and "losing the key to a watch" to gain access to a castle, which they promptly conquered.
A farcical event at this location involved Lancelot Errington and his nephew Mark using such lame excuses as "needing a shave" and "losing the key to a watch" to gain access to a castle, which they promptly conquered. That incident was an attempt to use this location as the landing site for Thomas Forster's 1715 Jacobite Rising. According to Symeon of Durham, numerous people here were killed or "drowned in the sea" while celebrating Saint Medard's Day. A letter by Alcuin about an incident at this location lamented that "a place more venerable than all in Britain is given as a prey to (*) pagan peoples." A monastery here was abandoned in 875, forcing monks to move the bones of Saint Cuthbert. A 793 raid on this island is credited with beginning the "Viking Age of Invasion." For 10 points, what island off the English coast also names an illuminated manuscript of the Gospels?
A farcical event at this location involved Lancelot Errington and his nephew Mark using such lame excuses as "needing a shave" and "losing the key to a watch" to gain access to a castle, which they promptly conquered.
Lindisfarne [or Holy Island; accept anything about castle or abbey or monastery on Lindisfarne; prompt on Northumbria; prompt on Northumberland]