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. [THELMA.GED]

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