Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-07-11
EmbaImcd Bodies.

Il
A writer in the London Notes and Quer.
les, furnishes The following interesting ac-
counts: .as-g.tr..a
A lew weeks ago, in cleaning out an old
chapel al Nuneham Regis, Warwickshire,
which had been pulled down, all but the
belfry tower, forty years since, we thought
i, necessary 10 trench the whole space, that
we might more certainly mark out the
boundaries of the building, as we wished 10
restore il in some measure TO lis former slate.
1t had been used as slackyord ard q depos.
ilory FOR rubbish, by the tenants Of the farm
ON which il was, ever since It's aiapidalion.
We began TO trench a. the ives. end. and
came on great many bones and skeletons,
from which The collins had crumbled away,
ill finding the earth had been moved, we
wen, deeper, and discovered leaden coffin,
quite per(ec., without dale or inscription of
any kind. There had been nm outer wood
| en- coffin, which was decayed, but quantities
The black roued wood were oil around it.
We Gu. The lead and folded back The Top. so
as not 10 destroy ii; beneath was wooden
coffin, in good preservation, and also Without
any inscription. a
AS soon as the leaden top was rolled back
most overpowering aromatic smell diffused
itself all over the place. We then unfas-
tened the inner coffin, and found man EN-
balmed with great cure, and heaps Of rose.
mary and aromatic leaves piled over him
On examining the body more closely, we
found it had been beheaded. The head was
separately wrapped up in linen, and The lin.
en- shirt which covered the body was drawn
quite over the neck where the head had beer
cut off. The head was laid slraigh, with the
body, and where the joining Of the neck anc
head should have been, IL was lied rounc
with broad black ribbon. His hands were
crossed on his breast, the wrists were tied
with black ribbon, and The thumbs were ,ieC
together with black ribbon. He had peak
ed beard, and aquanlily Of long brown hair
curled and cfoned with blood, around hi
neck. The only mark on anything abou
! him was on the linen on his chest, just abovt
where his hands we're crossed; on il wer
. the letters at: b. worked in black silk.
. On trenching towards the channel, W,
Q came on four leaden cofins, laid side by side
o with inscriptions on each; one contained ,h
!; body Of Francis, Earl Of Chichester, an
) Lord Dunsmure, 1868; The nexi the body Q
Q Audrey, Countess Of Chichester, 1862; anolh
!. er the body Of Lady Audrey Leigh, ,hei
e daughter, l640; and the fourth the body Q
o Sir John Anderson, son of Lady Chicheste
: by her frs, husband. We opened The coffi
e Of Lady Audrey Leigh, and found her pei
IS fectly embalmed, and in en,ire pfeservatio
her flesh quite plump, as If she were aliv
n her face very beautiful. and her hands e,
IS ceedingly small, and not wasted She VIZ
!. dressed in fine linen, trimmed oil over viii
N point lace, and TWO rows Of lace fiat acrol
ID her forehead. She looked exactly as II 81
d were lying asleep, and seemed moi more the
rs sixteen or seventeen years old. Her beau
10 was perfect; even her eyelashes and ey
IN brows were quite perfect, and her eyes we
70 closed. No part OF her face or figure was
/ all fallen in. We also opened Lady Ct
a, chester's coffin; bu, with her the embalmir
m had perfectly lailed She was a skele,o
* though The coffin was filled with aromat
de- leaves. Her hair, however, was as fresh
v, If she lived; Il was long, thick, and as 81
,r, and glossy as that ol child, and Of a pc
b. fec, auburn color. @aF. | NJN "
g In ltenching on one side OF where the
h. tar had been, we found another lealen C
he 6n with an inscription, 1t contained /,
I'D body of Dame Maria Brawne, daughter
la. one Of the Leighs. and oil the Lady Mar
ut. daughter to Lord Chancellor Brakley. III
~ body was also quite perfect, and embalm
he principally with very small, coffee co!ol
'od seed, with which the coffin was nearly fill
and II also had SO powerful perfume, d
sly i filled the whole place. The linen, I
ill bons, &c. were, quite strong and good in
lh. these instances, and remained so after
ian exposure to lhe air. We kept piece OH
I'M. each coffin, and had |, washed, without
being al all Destroyed Young Lady Al
the rey had earrings nhel ears black enar