A Corpse at St. Andrews Chapel Starr Mel
A Corpse at St. Andrews Chapel Starr Mel Alan, the beadle of the manor of Bampton, had gone out at dusk to seek those who might violate curfew. Two days later Alan's corpse was discovered in the…
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A Corpse at St. Andrews Chapel Starr Mel
Alan, the beadle of the manor of Bampton, had gone out at dusk to seek those who might violate curfew. Two days later Alan's corpse was discovered in the hedge, at the side of the track to St Andrew's Chapel. When, the following morning, he had not returned home, his young wife Matilda had sought out Master Hugh de Singleton, surgeon and bailiff of the manor.
Master Hugh, meeting Hubert the coroner at the scene, listened carefully to the coroner's surmise that a wolf had caused the great wound. His throat had been torn out - his head was half severed from his body - and his face, hands and forearms were lacerated with deep scratches. And yet ...
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