Edward IV's tomb?

Does anyone know anything about an excavation/restoration at St.
George's Chapel, Windwor, in the late 18th century? I read a report
that during this excavation, Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville's
crypt was found/opened. According to the report I read, adjacent to
this tomb was a smaller one that contained two small lead coffins
which contained no markings. They were initiatlly identified as two
of the children of Edward and Elizabeth that died young - but the
coffins of those two children were identified by inscriptions
elsewhere in St. George's some years later.

If this report is accurate, there would seem to be two coffins very
near that of Edward IV that are unidentified. Interesting, neh?

Kellie

--- In , "meenivettle"
<meenivettle@y...> wrote:
> Does anyone know anything about an excavation/restoration at St.
> George's Chapel, Windwor, in the late 18th century? I read a report
> that during this excavation, Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville's
> crypt was found/opened. According to the report I read, adjacent to
> this tomb was a smaller one that contained two small lead coffins
> which contained no markings. They were initiatlly identified as two
> of the children of Edward and Elizabeth that died young - but the
> coffins of those two children were identified by inscriptions
> elsewhere in St. George's some years later.
>
> If this report is accurate, there would seem to be two coffins very
> near that of Edward IV that are unidentified. Interesting, neh?
>
> Kellie

I'm sorry I don't have the details but I did read an article once
discussing these two finds of apparently four separate childen's
coffins. It was either in the Ricardian or the Bulletin. Anyway, the
gist was that it questioned whether it wasn't really the same pair of
coffins both times.

Marie

PS Wasn't St George's Chapel badly damaged in the recent fire? Does
anyone know whether anything came to light again during restoration,
and if so whether it got to be examined?