LOL of the Week!

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: SIX PEOPLE WHO DID DIE IN THE MIDDLE-AGES

@DeathMedieval is a superb Twitter bot that posts "real deaths from medieval coroners' rolls"

Here's a handful of our absolute favs:

* A dead man, found in 1362 by John Atfield, who had not been wounded, but "somewhat lacerated by dogs."

* Bertram Polet, found dead in 1271, assumed to have been slain by "evil-doers."

* Henry Costentin, died 1267 after his feet slipped and fell upon a pole of his wheat cart, which did penetrate into his fundament (buttocks)

* Henry, son of Nicholas le Clerk, died at age 14 in 1432, dragged to death by a horse which had been startled by a bird

* Johanna, daughter of Bernard de Irlaunde, died in 1322, being mortally bitten by a sow while lying in her cradle. The sow valued at 13 1/2 d

* John Clerk, stabbed in 1366 by by Adam Case with knife thirteen inches long after "opprobrious words" were exchanged in a field.

Seriously. We need to follow this . . . . . . . . . 
Death Medieval
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