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XVII. Notice of a leaden Coffin, of early fabric, discovered at Bow, as communicated in a Letter from Charles Roach Smith, Esq. F.S.A., to Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. K.H., F.S.A. Secretary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2012

Charles Roach Smith Esq.
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Immediately after I had replied to your letter, inclosing a communication from Mr. Forster of Bow, respecting a leaden coffin recently discovered by his workmen, I was favoured with a visit from Mr. E. Stock, of Poplar, for the express purpose of inviting me to accompany him to inspect the relic.

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Archaeologia , Volume 31 , 1846 , pp. 308 - 311
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1846

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page 310 note a Memoires de la Société des Antiquaires de l'Ouest, tome ii. p. 177.

page 310 note b Now in the possession of Mr. Baker, Three Colts Street, Old Ford.

page 311 note c This drawing is in the possession of Mr. J. Burn. Beneath is written: “There were 4 skeletons dug up in Battersea Fields, 2 feet deep, one of which was in this lead coffin full of lime, Jan. 15th, 1794. Sir Joseph Banks says that they were in the time of the Saxons, before there were any kings in England.”