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VIII. Extract of a Letter from M. Johnson, Esq; to William Bogdani, Esq; concerning an extraordinary Interment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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In a letter to me from Mr. Symson, master of the works of the cathedral at Lincoln, dated 28 September last, I was informed, that, in digging a grave at the west end of that church, they opened the foot of an ancient sepulchre.—The corpse was sewed up in a strong tanned leather hide, the seam running up the middle of the breast.—I should suppose it to be some great lay lord, before the custom, prevailed of laying them within the church itself.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1779

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