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XXXI. A few Remarks on the Discovery of the Remains of William de Warren, and his wife Gundrad, among the ruins of the Priory of Saint Pancras, at Southover, near Lewes, in Sussex. By Gideon Algernon Mantell, Esq. LL.D., F.R.S., &c., in a Letter to Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., F.R.S., Secretary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2012

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It is not a little remarkable that so few objects of geological, or antiquarian, interest should hitherto have been brought to light, by the excavations and cuttings made, during the formation of the numerous lines of railway, in various parts of England. Extensive as are these operations, the accessions to the collection of the geologist, and to the cabinet of the antiquary, have been comparatively unimportant. The most interesting archaeological discovery effected by the railway cuttings, is unquestionably that which took place, about six weeks since, in the ruins of Lewes Priory; namely, of the two leaden coffers, containing the remains of the founder and foundress of that once celebrated religious establishment.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1846

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page 431 note a See Willis's History of Mitred Abbeys, vol. ii. Mon. Aug. ed. 1825, i. p. 10.

page 434 note b A faithful representation of it is given in Watson's Memoirs.

page 434 note c See Horsfield's History of Lewes, vol. i. p. 116.

page 436 note d Now in the British Museum.