John Wycliffe's Ashes (1427)
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River Swift
,
Lutterworth, Leicestershire,
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John Wycliffe
Site History
The Church wanted to get even with John Wycliffe after he had died as they had been unable to when he was alive. So they dug up his remains and burned them and scattered the ashes in the River Swift. The most likely place they did this would have been from the bridge.