Before revision: By 1838, Catherine Sinclair noted the practice was in decline but that it continued in the locality: A local legend in Shropshire, England, concerns the grave of Richard Munslow, who died in 1906, said to be the last sin-eater of the area.Unusually, Munslow was not poor or an outcast, instead being a wealthy farmer from an established family.Munslow may have revived the custom after the deaths of three of his children in a week 1870 due to scarlet fever.
After revision: A local legend in Shropshire, England, concerns the grave of Richard Munslow, who died in 1906, said to be the last sin-eater of the area.Unusually, Munslow was not poor or an outcast, instead being a wealthy farmer from an established family.Munslow may have revived the custom after the deaths of three of his children in a week 1870 due to scarlet fever.