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Re: Ancient burial ( weird topic, I know )
« Reply #27 on: Tuesday 12 April 11 21:33 BST (UK) »
A charge could only be placed for attempted suicide, the criminalization of suicide I think involved the forfeiture of their goods. To many Christians today assisting a suicide is regarded as murder.
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Re: Ancient burial ( weird topic, I know )
« Reply #28 on: Tuesday 12 April 11 21:53 BST (UK) »
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the criminalization of suicide I think involved the forfeiture of their goods.

Which was abolished in 1870 as I posted.

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Re: Ancient burial ( weird topic, I know )
« Reply #29 on: Tuesday 12 April 11 21:59 BST (UK) »
Assisting a suicide:

A person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the suicide of another, or an attempt by another to commit suicide, shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/60

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Re: Ancient burial ( weird topic, I know )
« Reply #30 on: Wednesday 13 April 11 11:54 BST (UK) »
Has any contact been made with the WAltham Abbey Historical Society? They should know whether any modern archaeology has taken place in this vicinity.
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Re: Ancient burial ( weird topic, I know )
« Reply #31 on: Wednesday 13 April 11 12:11 BST (UK) »
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Has any contact been made with the WAltham Abbey Historical Society? They should know whether any modern archaeology has taken place in this vicinity.

I got an email back from one of the ladies there and she is looking into it for me  ;D
Can't wait to see if she finds anything, so so love for there to be illustrations!  ;D

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Re: Ancient burial ( weird topic, I know )
« Reply #32 on: Wednesday 13 April 11 12:29 BST (UK) »
A drawing of the curved knife might be specially significant for dating purposes, in the absence of excavation records, but what i really hope for is a later excavation done using modern i.e. the last 50 years excavation techniques, also if the excavation has been properly written up it would be helpful.That history is useful, but something of a gruelling trawl.
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Re: Ancient burial ( weird topic, I know )
« Reply #33 on: Wednesday 13 April 11 13:12 BST (UK) »
Shame the knife got broken  :-\
I wonder if somebody kept it or gave it to a museum?  ???
Might contact one of the archaeology societies too, just to see if the have anything  ;D

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« Reply #34 on: Wednesday 13 April 11 13:58 BST (UK) »
If we are lucky it MIGHT have been drawn to appear in an Antiquarian journal.
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Re: Ancient burial ( weird topic, I know )
« Reply #35 on: Wednesday 13 April 11 15:24 BST (UK) »
Hmmmmm...I'll have a look at that online library soon and see if it's available  ;D
Just got an email back from Waltham Abbey and they have forwarded it onto their historians and hope to reply sometime in the near future  ;D
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