Remembering History: Mystery of the missing coffins: Who stole the remains of FIFTEEN members of aristocratic family from cathedral tomb? Earl of Shrewsbury established family chapel at Sheffield Cathedral in 1520. 17 family members were buried there during the Tudor period. But by 1809, all but two had vanished along with their lead coffins. Disappearances have just been rediscovered during church's renovation. Archaeologists and historians are working to find out where the bodies are.

Mystery of the missing coffins: Who stole the remains of FIFTEEN members of aristocratic family from cathedral tomb? Earl of Shrewsbury established family chapel at Sheffield Cathedral in 1520. 17 family members were buried there during the Tudor period. But by 1809, all but two had vanished along with their lead coffins. Disappearances have just been rediscovered during church's renovation. Archaeologists and historians are working to find out where the bodies are.

Mystery of the missing coffins: Who stole the remains of FIFTEEN members of aristocratic family from cathedral tomb? Earl of Shrewsbury established family chapel at Sheffield Cathedral in 1520. 17 family members were buried there during the Tudor period. But by 1809, all but two had vanished along with their lead coffins. Disappearances have just been rediscovered during church's renovation. Archaeologists and historians are working to find out where the bodies are.