"All this pomp and solemnity has passed away like a dream. The 'perpetual prayer' has ceased for ever--the roll of Battle is rent--the shields of the Norman lieges are trodden in the dust--the Abbey is levelled to the ground--and a dark and reedy pool fills the spot where the foundations of the quire have been uncovered, merely for the gaze of the idle visitor, or the instruction of the moping antiquary." Yorkshire endured terrible evils at the hands of the Conqueror, as he penetrated its wilds with his famous bowmen and men-at-arms. The year 1068 witnessed a Northumbrian revolt, which was easily quelled; but a more determined effort to cast off the Norman yoke was made in the following year. The events are thus recorded in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle," and were graphically realized by the acutely sympathetic mind of the Rev. Charles Kingsley in his stirring story of "Hereward, the last of the English." The accuracy of the latter part of the title of his novel is, however, generally disputed: "A.D. 1068--This year King William gave the earldom of Northumberland to earl Robert, and the men of that country came against him, and slew him and 900 others with him. And then Edgar etheling marched with all the Northumbrians to York, and the townsmen treated with him; on which King William came from the south with all his troops, and sacked the town, and slew many hundred persons. He also profaned St. Peter's minster, and all other places, and the etheling went back to Scotland. "After this came Harold's sons from Ireland, about Midsummer, with sixty-four ships, and entered the mouth of the Taff, where they incautiously landed. Earl Beorn came upon them unawares with a large army, and slew all their bravest men; the others escaped to their ships, and Harold's sons went back again to Ireland. "A.D. 1069--This year died Aldred, Archbishop of York, and he lies buried in his cathedral church. He died on the festival of Protus and Hyacinthus, having held the see with much honour ten years, all but fifteen weeks.