Talk:The Holy Sepulchre, Northampton

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This article was created to correct the link from the Northampton article, which directed 'The Holy Sepulchre' to the church in Jerusalem.

As far as I know there is no contemporary written evidence about the building of the Holy Sepulchre in Northampton, or its attribution to Simon de Senlis. However this article follows the arguments of Cox and Serjeantson written at the end of the nineteenth century.

It is known Simon de Senlis went on a crusade, but it is not known whether he actually reached Jerusalem and saw the Holy Sepulchre there for himself.

I think though the arguments are plausible, and comparison between the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton, and the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, and the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge, are sufficient to be encyclopedic. Simon Webb 14:50, 22 March 2006 (UTC)