The Legend of St Leonard of Reresby
St Leonard, the patron saint of Thrybergh church was a mediaeval knight. To distinguish him from the other St Leonards, and there are a few, he is known as St. Leonard of Reresby. His feastday is on November 6. Apparently there are several versions of the legend but this one is from the Reresby family records.
Leonard Reresby was taken prisoner by the Saracens whilst on Crusade. His wife was left at home to look after the property. After he had been missing for seven years his wife believed that he was dead. She was being forced to remarry and as the wedding bells rang Leonard was miraculously transported, chains and all from the Holy Land, to the old cross in Thrybergh.
The wedding was thus stopped mid service and Leonard was carried into the church where he died soon afterwards.
At some time he was presumably papally sanctified but around here in the Middle Ages the doings of a pope far away in Rome did not always impinge too much on their beliefs. (The Venerable Bede has always been St Bede around here.) Seems a little daft to me that Old Leonard died as his wife or widow in this case, would have still been obliged to marry again one he'd snuffed it. Seems to negate the purpose of the miracle.