_Saint Thomas of Lancaster_.--Not having Brady at hand, I
cannot tell what authorities he cites; but, as Mr. Milnes (No. 12.
p. 181.) does not mention Rymer, he perhaps may not know that he
will find in that collection some documentary evidence on the
subject of this saint, if saint he was; for instance--

"_Super rumore Thomam nuper Comitem Lancastriæ miraculis
corruscuri_."--Rym. Foed. iii. p. 1033. A.D. 1323.
"Quod," adds the king, "moleste gerimus."

But Edward III. was of quite another mind, and urged his
canonization of the Holy See. Witness Rymer:--

"_Ad Papam; pro canonisatione Thomae nuper Comitis
Lancastriæ_."--Foed. iv. p. 2. A.D. 1326.

And again--

"_Pro custodi_" (Weryngton mentioned by Mr. Milnes),
"_Capellæ ad montem ubi nuper comes Lancastriæ decollatus
fuit_."--Ib. p. 291.

It seems that the bodies of some of Thomas's accomplices were also
supposed to have worked miracles; for we find an ordinance--

"_Contra Fingentes miracula fieri per inimicos Regis_."
--Rym. Foed. iv. p. 20. A.D. 1323.