CHAPTER XXVI. COSPATRICK AND THE CONQUEROR:--William determines to conciliate the Northumbrians--Cospatrick--His birth and parentage--The crimes of the house of Godwin--Cospatrick's enmity to Harold--Cospatrick claims the earldom of Northumberland--William's bargain with Cospatrick CHAPTER XXVII. SAXON SAINTS AND NORMAN SOLDIERS:--The saving of the church of St. John of Beverley--The inhabitants of Beverley take refuge in the church of St. John--The Normans hear reports of the riches lodged within the walls of the church--Toustain heads the Normans in the pillage of the church--Toustain's misadventure--Superstitious terror of the Normans CHAPTER XXVIII. THE REDUCTION OF CHESTER:--William determines to take Chester--The soldiers murmur--William marches into Chester--Gherbaud, a Fleming, made Earl of Chester--Gherbaud, finding the earldom too much trouble, resigns--Hugh le Loup is appointed in his stead--His parentage--Nigel joins Hugh le Loup at Chester--Gilbert de Lacy is granted the domain of Pontefract--Blackburn and Rochdale succumb to him CHAPTER XXIX. LANFRANC OF PAVIA:--The Pope's legates arrive in London--Deposition of the Saxon bishops--Lanfranc is appointed to the Archbishopric of Canterbury--Lanfranc's birth-place--His fame at Bec-Hellouin--Lanfranc gains the friendship of William the Norman--Lanfranc opposes William's marriage--He gains a dispensation for William--Is restored to favour--Is made Abbot of Caen--William's delight at Lanfranc's appointment to the province of Canterbury--The Pope's letter to Lanfranc--Lanfranc's entry into Canterbury--The church in ruins--Lanfranc gains the primacy of England for Canterbury--Undertakes a revision of the Scriptures--The Saxons averse to the revision--Lanfranc the people's champion CHAPTER XXX. EDWIN AND MORKAR:--Their personal appearance--Edwin the handsomest man of his age--They took no part in the battle of Hastings--Aspire to the throne--Edgar Atheling's adherents too strong--Go to York--Their plans--William attempts to conciliate them--William promises his daughter in marriage to Edwin--Edwin and Morkar accompany William to the Continent--William refuses to give his daughter to Edwin--Edwin and Morkar escape from Court--Their enterprise fails--Reconciliation to William--A mighty conspiracy formed--The camp of refuge--Morkar is deluded by William's promises and imprisoned--Edwin resolves to leave Ely--Is betrayed by three of his officers--Is attacked by the Normans--Attempts to escape--Edwin's death--William's grief CHAPTER XXXI.