uring the excavations of the ruins of
Lewes Priory in 1847 for the railway two lead caskets were found
containing the remains of Gundred and her husband William de
Warenne under the Chapter House floor where they had been re-interred
after being moved at some stage from in front of the High Altar.
They were re-interred under the original gravestone of Gundred
with its wonderful poem to her which was found upside down being
used as a paving stone in another nearby church. She had been
thought to be a daughter of Conqueror. Foundress of Lewes Priory.
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