RICHARD II.'S JAWBONE.
STORY OF SCHOOLBOY'S RAID
ON KING'S TOMB
"Ninety years ago," says the Church Family Newspaper, "a boy at Westminster School,' which adjoins the Abbey, burrowed through the sandstone foundation of one of the walls. Inside, the cavity he found a skeleton, from which he succeeded in removing what turned out to be a human jawbone. He took it home to his father, who formed the opinion that his son had raided the tomb of Richard 11.
"The bone remained in the family labelled 'Jawbone of Richard 11.,' until late in King Edward's reerin, when tlie then owner sent it to teh King with an 'explanatory letter. After many formalities Richard's tomb was opened and, sure enough, the jawbone of the skeleton was found to be missing. It was replaced, and a parchment manuscript recording the .eircximstances was deposited in the tomb."
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXI, Issue 16662, 23 June 1916, Page 6
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144RICHARD II.'S JAWBONE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXI, Issue 16662, 23 June 1916, Page 6
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