The grave of a "sin eater"

 
St Margaret, Ratlinghope, Shropshire
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A small and very remote church on the site of a 13th century priory.
 
 
 
The grave of Richard Munslow a sin-eater who would take on, by means of food and drink, the sins of a deceased person, thus absolving his or her soul and allowing that person to rest in peace.

 
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