The wanderings of a pen and pencil . Charles Chamber, Southwell. cloth of tissue, which plainly showed the tissue by waving it against the sunor a candle. A wand lay by him : on his breast lay something like the coverof a cup, of octangular outline ; it had something like an acorn with leavesround it on the top, but the concave was uppermost. By letting the mouldfall on the face they could make no farther discovery of his head, only thebone was very small and thin, even transparent. The teeth were sound, andwere purloined by the spectators. It was supposed to be one of the Cauzfamily, and poss
The wanderings of a pen and pencil . Charles Chamber, Southwell. cloth of tissue, which plainly showed the tissue by waving it against the sunor a candle. A wand lay by him : on his breast lay something like the coverof a cup, of octangular outline ; it had something like an acorn with leavesround it on the top, but the concave was uppermost. By letting the mouldfall on the face they could make no farther discovery of his head, only thebone was very small and thin, even transparent. The teeth were sound, andwere purloined by the spectators. It was supposed to be one of the Cauzfamily, and possibly he was a cleric. The site of Southwell (called Sewell or Suelle) is divided into theBurgage (vulgo, Burridge), that part of the town from the market-place to theriver Greet, and the Prebendary and Church. In ancient times, as at present,this town was swarming with clerics. There was great resort of pilgrims tothe four miraculous wells of healing power, near the church and town. TherewasLorcCs Well, half a mile S. E. of Southwel
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