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St Marys Church:
Before Henry VIII:
"When Mr PALMES was Vicar he once thought about placing a brass tablet on one of the western Norman pillars to record the fact (as most authorities would say) that King Stephen was buried in that spot, i.e. just where the old Saxon altar step was. When the foundations of these Norman pillars were being inspected, in 1843, a rough wooden sort of sea chest was discovered, in which was enclosed a leaden coffin, which on being opened was found to contain the body of a short man, beautifully embalmed, the hair and beard being well preserved, and the face quite distinguishable for a few moments. It was known that King Stephen died abroad, and that his heart was sent to his wife at Faversham, but it was not known where his body was placed after it was landed on these shores. Some authorities from the British Museum came to Dover about this discovery of an embalmed body and decided that it was probably that of King Stephen, the hair and beard being trimmed as in his time and the embalming being that of a Royal personage." ("St Marys Dover" by Miss HORSLEY, pages 12-13)
