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Order NumberCCA-DCc/AddMs/313
TitleReport (Photocopy)
Date1949-1952
DescriptionWriter: Cave, Prof & Trevor, Dr

On the 1949 excavation of the bones in the crypt, possibly of Thomas Becket, including 3 drafts recording the opening of the coffin. With 1 full length photo of the skeleton, 5 photos of the skull, a tooth, a letter from Dr Trevor to William Urry with a photocopy of J H Pollard's 1908 paper in The Month on Becket's Bones, and cuttings from The Times about the attribution. With a copy of the 1951 report submitted to Chapter by Prof Cave and Dr Trevor (as per DCc/Fabric/97).
Extent1 file
Physical Description1 file
AccessStatusOpen
Open
Related MaterialOriginal of 1951 report: DCc/Fabric 97

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