The idea of the Eleanor Crosses was not a new one, it was, as is stated by Rimmer, in his "Ancient Stone Crosses of England," "an extension of the lich-gate system, for a corpse always rested under a 'lich.
"Old Church Lore"
William Andrews
The poet is now Rymer or Rimmer, while Trover, Fr.
"The Romance of Names"
Ernest Weekley
During the time I was at Lydiate there came a Holiday of Obligation, when I heard Mass in the house of a Catholic farmer named Rimmer.
"The Life Story of an Old Rebel"
John Denvir