A CURIOUS TOMB
Amongst tho many curiosities to be found in AVimborne Minster, in Dorset, is the quaint tomb of Anthony Etrickc, the first Recorder of Pocde, and the magistrate who committed Monmouth after Sedgemoor. Ho was for some reason offended by the AA’imbornc people, and so made a vow that ho would not be buried in their church or out, under tho ground or over. To carry this out he cut a niche in the wall and placed there his coffin with the date 1693 inscribed thereon, believing he should die in that year. He did not die, however, until 1703, when he was buried in the chosen s-pot in such a way that his body was neither above tho ground or below, in the church or out. Tho date 1703 was then written over the other in gold. Ho left £1 a year for the tomb’s upkceri, which is still paid.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6806, 9 January 1929, Page 3
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153A CURIOUS TOMB Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6806, 9 January 1929, Page 3
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