Editing Exeter Cathedral (section)

==Legends==
[[File:Joseph Martin Kronheim - Foxe's Book of Martyrs Plate VIII - Prest's Wife and the Stonemason.jpg|thumb|upright|Prest's wife and the Stonemason from an 1887 edition of ''[[Foxe's Book of Martyrs]]'']]
One 19th-century author claimed that an 11th-century [[missal]] asserted that [[King Æthelstan]], the previous century, had brought together a great collection of holy relics at Exeter Cathedral; sending out emissaries at great expense to the continent to acquire them. Amongst these items were said to be a little of "the bush in which the Lord spoke to [[Moses]]", and a "bit of the candle which the angel of the Lord lit in Christ's tomb".<ref Name="Jusserand">Jusserand, J. J. (1891) ''English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages.'' London: T. Fisher Unwin; p. 327.</ref>

According to the semi-legendary tale, the Protestant martyr [[Agnes Prest]], during her brief time of liberty in Exeter before her execution in 1557, met a stonemason repairing the statues at the cathedral. She stated that there was no use repairing their noses, since "within a few days shall all lose their heads".<ref>John Foxe (1887 republication), ''Book of Martyrs'', Frederick Warne and Co, London and New York, pp. 242–44</ref> There is a memorial to her and another Protestant martyr, [[Thomas Benet (martyr)|Thomas Benet]], in the [[Livery Dole]] area of Exeter. The memorial was designed by [[Harry Hems]] and raised by public subscription in 1909.<ref>{{cite web
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