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MODERN YORK. 67<br />
up ; but it was easily broken with the fingers. Drake<br />
found that the smaller bones <strong>and</strong> those of the scull were<br />
•wrapped up in a piece of sarcenet, <strong>and</strong> the larger bones<br />
placed in the bottom. He measured the thigh bone ;<br />
<strong>and</strong> was of opinion that the deceased had been about<br />
five feet six inches. There was no inscription upon the<br />
coffin; but the fact, that the bones had been collected <strong>and</strong>bu<br />
ried, seems to bear out the tradition that had led Mr. Drake<br />
to make the inquiry. He gives us an engraving of the coffin ;<br />
but affords no hint as to the position of the grave ; a thing<br />
the more to be regretted as there is no inscription to mark<br />
the spot.<br />
Beside the foregoing, there are several other monuments<br />
of inferior note ; the style of which, in some cases, is not<br />
quite in harmony with the architecture of the Cathedral.<br />
In the vestry, at the south side of the choir, several<br />
curious relics are preserved, the most remarkable of which<br />
is the horn of Ulphus, given, with all his l<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> reve<br />
nues, to the church of St. Peter at <strong>York</strong>. Ulphus was a Sax<br />
on prince of the western part of Deiri, who, finding that his<br />
two sons were likely to quarrel about their inheritance,<br />
came to <strong>York</strong> with this horn, from which he was accus<br />
tomed to drink, <strong>and</strong>, kneeling before the altar in the<br />
Minster, filled it with wine, <strong>and</strong>, devoutly drinking it,<br />
enfeoffed this church with all his l<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> revenues.<br />
This vessel is of ivory, curiously carved, <strong>and</strong> polished ; <strong>and</strong><br />
was originally ornamented with gold mounting. After the<br />
surrender of <strong>York</strong> to the parliamentarian army in 1644,<br />
the horn was taken from the Minster, <strong>and</strong> denuded of its<br />
ornaments. It fell into the h<strong>and</strong>s of general, Sir Thomas<br />
Fairfax (who in 1 647 succeeded to the title <strong>and</strong> estates of<br />
his father, Lord Fairfax) ; <strong>and</strong> was bequeathed by him, at<br />
his death, to his son Henry, Lord Fairfax, by whom it was<br />
restored to the church. In Berkshire there is a curious<br />
horn of a similar character, called the Pusey horn, which is<br />
said to have been given by the Danish king, Canute, with
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