8th century? Little is known for certain about the priest Beornwald,
whose memory was venerated at Bampton until the Reformation, and some
of his shrine remains in the north transept marked by a brass depicting a
figure clothed in vestments with a crozier but no mitre. His name is
listed in the litanies of the 11th century and in martyrologies of 12th
and 15th centuries. There is other evidence of his existence, but no
details. He may have founded the large Mercian minster church in
Bampton
(
Farmer).