Funeral held for remains of medieval man found on Hampshire beach

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Remains dated to between 1450 and 1650 are laid to rest after becoming exposed in mud in 2022

Nobody knew his name or exactly how he died half a millennium ago but 50 mourners gathered to pay their respects at an unusual church service to lay to rest the remains of a medieval man found on a Hampshire beach.

The funeral and burial for the man, who may have been a murder victim, his body hidden by the killer, took place at St Mary’s church in the village of South Baddesley, near where he was found in Lymington.

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