"It is believed to be a 'deviant burial', where people considered the 'dangerous dead', such as vampires, were interred to prevent them rising from their graves to plague the living. "
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"Both the rich man and the poor man die, and both are salted for the pit" [Maltese saying]
House of John Procter, Witchcraft Martyr, 1692, by William P. Upham (1902) Project Gutenburg |
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A Treatise on Relics - John Calvin (1870) - Project Gutenburg © Godric Godricson |
A Treatise on Relics - John Calvin (1870) - Project Gutenburg © Godric Godricson |
1. Archbishop Langham, 1376.
2. Countess of Hertford, 1598. 3. Dr. Goodman, Dean of Westminster, died 1601. |
4. Son of Dr. Sprat, 1683.
5. Cranfield, Earl and Countess of Middlesex, 1645. 6. Dr. Bill, first Dean under Q. Elizabeth, 1561. |
Under the Monuments of Deans Goodman and Sprat, was interred (Dean Vincent), the late Dean, 1815.
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Ecclesiastical Curiosities Edited William Andrews (1899) Project Gutenburg © Godric Godricson |
Ecclesiastical Curiosities Edited William Andrews (1899) Project Gutenburg © Godric Godricson |
Ecclesiastical Curiosities Edited William Andrews (1899) Project Gutenburg © Godric Godricson |
Book of The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints Alban Butler (1895) Project Gutenburg © Godric Godricson |
Ecclesiastical Curiosities Edited William Andrews (1899) Project Gutenburg © Godric Godricson Alfred Cresswell, West Lexham |
Ecclesiastical Curiosities Edited William Andrews (1899) Project Gutenburg © Godric Godricson |
Ecclesiastical Curiosities Edited William Andrews (1899) Project Gutenburg © Godric Godricson |
Ecclesiastical Curiosities Edited William Andrews (1899) Project Gutenburg © Godric Godricson |
A Treatise on Relics - John Calvin (1870) - Project Gutenburg |