These coffins were most likely lined with lead, as was typical of the time, and stacked on top of each other in orderly rows. Over time, the exterior wooden shell of the coffins would break down, deteriorating due to the environment, and the weight of the lead-lined coffins on top would eventually collapse onto the ones beneath it. Lead is also very malleable, so it bends more easily under pressure. Also likely resulting in the eventual "toppling over" of the stacks, which most likely produced the state of disarray that was shown.
Reminds me of the words on a gravestone outside a church. Here I lie by the church door, here I lie because I'm poor, the further in the more you pay, but here lies I, as snug as they. And probably not dug up!
@@steviewonder7495 There's another. The people of Israel prayed for bread and the Lord he sent them manna. Old Clerk Wallis prayed for a wife, so the devil sent him Anna.
Even with all their high tech tools, Archeologists don't always find what their looking for. Then along comes a fellow wearing a hard hat - and the rest is history as they say....
It staggers me that those coffins seem to have been just chucked in there! I had the privilege of working at Lambeth Palace when Dr. Runcie was Archbishop and also met Terry Waite. A wonderful experience at an absolutely incredibly historic place.
They were likely stacked neatly when originally placed there, with their current positions being a result of deterioration of the coffin materials & some outside effects like shockwaves from WWII bomb detonations nearby, etc.
They most likely would not have been `just chucked in there`. They would have been stacked. thats what 500 years does to orderly stacks of coffins. If they had not been lead lined, which was very posh, you would have bones and other remain strewn all over the place too.
Gary you should have more intelligence to deduct that the wood has long deteriorated and what was once neatly stacked coffins have become piles of lead.
@@netowl3922 Spot on. Walking in London {My childhood home} one walks on layers of history like a Lasagne..Especially in the really old parts, the old 'City'. Plague Pits are found every so often {Crossrail}...It is fascinating. A bloke I know emigrated to Australia...But he missed the history of England so much he returned...Lives in a Georgian house now and deals in antiques.
i bet when they were first laid to rest people at the time thought how can it possibly be forgotten where these "great" people are.. like people thought the catholic church would always rule or priests would pray for your soul for the rest of time (chantry priests)
"well the dean of the church knows and will pass it on to the next dean" dean dies suddenly before he passes it on, some clergy remember there being a vault *somewhere about there* but dont pass it on, there is a record of its construction, buried away in church documents, that could be destroyed by fire, careless handling, dissolution of the monestaries... within a couple of generations you could easily loose the verbal record, one accidental fire and there goes the written one too
I wonder why the burial was so crude.. The timing of the 1600s and the significance of this Bishop in over seeing the first edition of the king james seems very important indeed.
It's likely there were some structures to hold the coffins, likely made out of wood (Which probably rotted away), or lack of space just led to the coffins being unceremoniously placed in there.
@Daniel Appleton Actually, it was the Capuchin Monks who were famous for this...and I don't think they did it for decoration. It was their burial ritual.
@Daniel Appleton Yes, I agree. The Paris catacombs came abt solely for lack of space and some of the bones were definitely disrespected. The bones at the Czech church are those of deceased monks and displaying them was just part of their customs.
The coffins may have been on Wooden plinths and over time when they rot away due to damp and decay the coffins would have dropped causing them to be n disarray.. not forgetting the body how it decomposes adding to the worse for wear coffin state. Either way I’m sure they would of originally been laid to rest respectfully.
She Who Knows All this isn't how they would have lied originally. This is the result of nearly 500 years of decay, who knows what materials were used and what amount of damp got into that crypt over the years.
@@ameliabermudez1476 The wood would have rotted away in the damp, but very often in these ancient Crypts the coffins appear in disarray. {See Spitalfields Skeletons}
The Remains of the former Archbishops should be cleaned properly, and so as the mitre, it should be placed properly on top of the coffin. For Holiness is to the man that seeketh the ways thereof of Holiness, as the book of life is preservation of all things. For He has risen, and he is LIGHT to ALL, be it the Archbishop, for the Bishop is emulation of Life, light and truth as a Member and Head of a Church. Planted by the waters by the word. KJV 1611. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word, for every word is pure, it is preserved. For ye are the salts of the earth, have salt and live. Adam cannot be confused, for the man came out a woman, the woman in transgression. The bishops office is restored, not a filthy lucre, not into strong drink or wine, as marriages are honorable.
Before 1776 the world didn’t record much and daily life was a struggle for all, it wasn’t until our 🇺🇸 nation was founded that humanity advanced from the dark ages to modernity with Edison’s electricity and the US patented locomotives. God bless America 🇺🇸🦅
What an amazing Church in an amazing find I don't understand why somebody would have even thought about tearing down a thousand-year-old church doesn't make sense but I have to agree with some of the other people with you know what happened to The Bishop's called crown and the coffins that were down there now it's nothing else somebody at least you have gone down there and he'll fix it up and put the coffins back where they should have been instead of but look like they were throwing around
*Not* burying people under churches or in church yards is a modern practice that started in the 19th century. Before that it was very desirable to be buried in a church - you'd either have to be famous or rich. Westminster Abbey still has major Britons buried in the floor there.
@@GM-mr3oz No, no, but I'm aware that Christians destroyed pagan temples and built above them. Or just built on top of them. I wonder if this is where the phrase "So above as below" comes from?
Liam English - "As above, so below" is an aphorism associated with sacred geometry, Hermeticism and the Tarot. In a secular context, this phrase can refer to the idea that the microcosm reflects the macrocosm, i.e.: that individual or domestic problems can result from larger societal problems. You are correct in that Christians built churches over the ruins of existing temples, but this is not exclusive of Christianity. It's happened throughout history, in every civilization, as thoses sites have been considered 'places of power'.
These coffins were most likely lined with lead, as was typical of the time, and stacked on top of each other in orderly rows. Over time, the exterior wooden shell of the coffins would break down, deteriorating due to the environment, and the weight of the lead-lined coffins on top would eventually collapse onto the ones beneath it. Lead is also very malleable, so it bends more easily under pressure. Also likely resulting in the eventual "toppling over" of the stacks, which most likely produced the state of disarray that was shown.
Reminds me of the words on a gravestone outside a church. Here I lie by the church door, here I lie because I'm poor, the further in the more you pay, but here lies I, as snug as they.
And probably not dug up!
saw a gravestone with this, "here lies william, truly dead, cos a broad wheeled wagon ran o'wer his head".
@@steviewonder7495 There's another. The people of Israel prayed for bread and the Lord he sent them manna. Old Clerk Wallis prayed for a wife, so the devil sent him Anna.
Even with all their high tech tools, Archeologists don't always find what their looking for. Then along comes a fellow wearing a hard hat - and the rest is history as they say....
instaBlaster.
It staggers me that those coffins seem to have been just chucked in there! I had the privilege of working at Lambeth Palace when Dr. Runcie was Archbishop and also met Terry Waite. A wonderful experience at an absolutely incredibly historic place.
They were likely stacked neatly when originally placed there, with their current positions being a result of deterioration of the coffin materials & some outside effects like shockwaves from WWII bomb detonations nearby, etc.
if you think that's bad then look how henry the 8th was found at Windsor castle . shocking
i know right
They most likely would not have been `just chucked in there`. They would have been stacked. thats what 500 years does to orderly stacks of coffins. If they had not been lead lined, which was very posh, you would have bones and other remain strewn all over the place too.
Gary you should have more intelligence to deduct that the wood has long deteriorated and what was once neatly stacked coffins have become piles of lead.
There's nothing to creep about the discovery. They're dead and they were there for ages. Why need to disturb them in their resting place?
YES! I hope the authorities left these folks to rest in peace. This church is their home now.
Maybe just to put them more neatly? It looks like the coffins were almost thrown in there.
They don’t know they were disturbed.
and as the poem "The Unknown Soldier" by Luc Sante reminds us "I am everywhere under your feet". Especially in London.
@@netowl3922 Spot on. Walking in London {My childhood home} one walks on layers of history like a Lasagne..Especially in the really old parts, the old 'City'.
Plague Pits are found every so often {Crossrail}...It is fascinating.
A bloke I know emigrated to Australia...But he missed the history of England so much he returned...Lives in a Georgian house now and deals in antiques.
Whichever way you look at it, this is a really amazing find.
Not really surprised. People of apportance have bend laid to rest under churches in England for Centuries?
Why are you asking us?
All I can say is "Wow!" 😮
WTH would an ancient building be demolished?
I live in England. Why haven't I've heard of this, until now?
How do you lose and forget the burial location of some of the most important heads of the official Church of the country?
Ask them that were there...
i bet when they were first laid to rest people at the time thought how can it possibly be forgotten where these "great" people are.. like people thought the catholic church would always rule or priests would pray for your soul for the rest of time (chantry priests)
"well the dean of the church knows and will pass it on to the next dean"
dean dies suddenly before he passes it on, some clergy remember there being a vault *somewhere about there* but dont pass it on, there is a record of its construction, buried away in church documents, that could be destroyed by fire, careless handling, dissolution of the monestaries...
within a couple of generations you could easily loose the verbal record, one accidental fire and there goes the written one too
@@Simon-ho6lyit happens. Hell Henry VIII final resting place was lost for quite some time
Wow.
I wonder why the burial was so crude.. The timing of the 1600s and the significance of this Bishop in over seeing the first edition of the king james seems very important indeed.
What a mess! It looks like Hermes delivered those coffins.
Why were they all tossed in basement? Was this an old mauseleum? And to demolish such an old building.
It's likely there were some structures to hold the coffins, likely made out of wood (Which probably rotted away), or lack of space just led to the coffins being unceremoniously placed in there.
@Daniel Appleton Actually, it was the Capuchin Monks who were famous for this...and I don't think they did it for decoration. It was their burial ritual.
@Daniel Appleton Yes, I agree. The Paris catacombs came abt solely for lack of space and some of the bones were definitely disrespected. The bones at the Czech church are those of deceased monks and displaying them was just part of their customs.
The coffins may have been on Wooden plinths and over time when they rot away due to damp and decay the coffins would have dropped causing them to be n disarray.. not forgetting the body how it decomposes adding to the worse for wear coffin state. Either way I’m sure they would of originally been laid to rest respectfully.
Possibly thrown about by the bombing during the war.
Fascinating find for sure!
So what finally did happen to the coffins?
*Wow, forget about "laid to rest"... More like "tossed out to rest"!*
She Who Knows All this isn't how they would have lied originally. This is the result of nearly 500 years of decay, who knows what materials were used and what amount of damp got into that crypt over the years.
Ikr it just looks like they tossed them there
@@ameliabermudez1476 The wood would have rotted away in the damp, but very often in these ancient Crypts the coffins appear in disarray. {See Spitalfields Skeletons}
I wonder how they came to be in such disarray.
Even with the decay off the coffins it seems like they were not laid out to begin with.
I'm sure in 1,000 years it never flooded, and wood coffins don't float.
The Remains of the former Archbishops should be cleaned properly, and so as the mitre, it should be placed properly on top of the coffin. For Holiness is to the man that seeketh the ways thereof of Holiness, as the book of life is preservation of all things. For He has risen, and he is LIGHT to ALL, be it the Archbishop, for the Bishop is emulation of Life, light and truth as a Member and Head of a Church. Planted by the waters by the word. KJV 1611. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word, for every word is pure, it is preserved. For ye are the salts of the earth, have salt and live. Adam cannot be confused, for the man came out a woman, the woman in transgression. The bishops office is restored, not a filthy lucre, not into strong drink or wine, as marriages are honorable.
How do you forget about a crypt?
allot has happen in London 1666 was the great fire civil war 2 world wars people die with there secret's if they had not already burn in the fire
Before 1776 the world didn’t record much and daily life was a struggle for all, it wasn’t until our 🇺🇸 nation was founded that humanity advanced from the dark ages to modernity with Edison’s electricity and the US patented locomotives. God bless America 🇺🇸🦅
@@captainhindsight8779 you forgot about the Nikola Tesla and you stole his surname for your trash cheap tesla cars
What an amazing Church in an amazing find I don't understand why somebody would have even thought about tearing down a thousand-year-old church doesn't make sense but I have to agree with some of the other people with you know what happened to The Bishop's called crown and the coffins that were down there now it's nothing else somebody at least you have gone down there and he'll fix it up and put the coffins back where they should have been instead of but look like they were throwing around
Now this horticulture museum has a few hundreds year old guardian angels. There are worse places to call your forever home lol.
That place probably got flooded several times and water moved the coffin around
Or vibration from bombs during the war.
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That “church of england” was a Catholic Church in the Medieval Age.
The hole looks just big enough too
Canterbury - Can't Bury (Max Spiers) RIP Super Soldier knew of the evil of this place
Sad to see important people in history gees those coffins look like they were just threw there with no concern
What happened to the 👑 crown?
Thank you. RITUALS????
Amazing!
Why would they be buried there? I thought church is for worship not a burial ground
*Not* burying people under churches or in church yards is a modern practice that started in the 19th century. Before that it was very desirable to be buried in a church - you'd either have to be famous or rich. Westminster Abbey still has major Britons buried in the floor there.
They took their Faith in Christ with them. Praise God.
They arn't the only things that's underneath church's.
Pagan Temples?
Yes. I suppose you know all about them?
@@GM-mr3oz No, no, but I'm aware that Christians destroyed pagan temples and built above them. Or just built on top of them. I wonder if this is where the phrase "So above as below" comes from?
Liam English - "As above, so below" is an aphorism associated with sacred geometry, Hermeticism and the Tarot. In a secular context, this phrase can refer to the idea that the microcosm reflects the macrocosm, i.e.: that individual or domestic problems can result from larger societal problems.
You are correct in that Christians built churches over the ruins of existing temples, but this is not exclusive of Christianity. It's happened throughout history, in every civilization, as thoses sites have been considered 'places of power'.
Looks like they said wth and just dropped them down a hole in the floor 😬😬😲😲
You could say it was a dead giveaway 😏👍
So they just leave the coffins all in a wreck like that?
Not necessarily.
Wow!!!
Wawww lovely Civilization
Wonder who got the gold crown..
It wasn't real gold. Probably gilded tin.
Gardening museum worker : guys, I found the fertilizer !
Anyone thinking of demolitions old buildings like this should be HANGED !!!😡😡😡
somebody knew it was there otherwise it wouldnt be there.. question now is Who knew it was there and why didn't anyone else ...?
And they stole there jewelry
Hello UK DNA cousins, hello DNS cousins in Scoctland, and Ireland,, Wales, this is great.
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It's as thou they were hiding bodies, how else can you explain dead bodies in casket stacked upon each other hidden in the base of the floor
Sheena Moffett many years ago it was common practice for churches to bury parishioners under the floor. People did it to try to be closer to god.
No different than people "hiding" coffins in the ground, in mausoleums, tombs and so on...nothing mysterious or strange about it.
The author of the King James Bible, forgotten, how appropriate...Loving Protestants.
First, he is not the author, and second, I bet you didn't know who he was before watching this video.
Top Mog how could I know who he was; he was lovingly forgotten and dumped.
@@josephcastillo298
The average 'protestant' doesn't dig up or venerate corpses.
They Discovered a skeleton and had a DNA Test done on it,
they found out, it was the northern ireland, 1978 hide and seek champion.
Could be another King down there🤔
No. Kings were never buried at Lambeth palace.
The Bible have like 10 times more.
Ok let's talk Turkey. How much you want?
Praise the Lord Jesus Christ and mother Mary
@love debate You need the blessings of the holy father so you can understand the error of your ways.