Mysterious coffin found at richard iii grave from 14th century

Mysterious coffin found at richard iii grave from 14th century,  Richard III was finally found after some painstaking research and lead following buried under a car park in Leicester. Of course, it wasn’t a car park when he was buried, they didn’t have cars back then, duh! It was an abbey and abbey’s generally have a lot of things going on. So when another coffin was found on the same site it wasn’t a big surprise but the way the burial had happened and the age of the burial is raising eyebrows.

Mysterious coffin found at Richard III grave from 14th century

The second mysterious coffin was believed to have been buried over a century before Richard’s hole in the ground, near peasants style grave! This 14th century grave was lavish and definitely for someone who mattered.

The coffin was made of lead, decorated with an elaborate cross and in what was thought to be an important part of the abbey.

The thing is, no one knows who it is and as of now no known records even come close to shedding light on it.

But hope has to live on and more work will be done. Just think, this time last year we didn’t know exactly where Richard III was buried!

This grave could well be for someone very important in Leicester history, a knight, a friar, who knows! Maybe though it will always remain a mystery!