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📢 NEW Will of the Month Post 📢 April's post explores the will of a Wiltshire gentleman who left remarkably detailed burial instructions He wished to be buried under the communion table, named his 6 coffin bearers, & even donated his funeral pall to the parish 1/2 sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
Apr 22, 2025, 7:05 AM
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