Holy Rood

I came rather warmly and lovingly; but these light ringlets, by the holy rood, shall not shade this shoulder much longer.

A tower of Tudor date, in the cemetery, marks the site of a chapel of the gild of the Holy Rood.

By the rood was a common oath; so by the holy rood, as in Shakespeare, Rich.

This chamber was formerly called the Chapel of the Holy Rood.

His poetry is literally stamped with the mark of the Holy Rood.