Thanks to all those who contributed to the "no women allowed" query I posted last week. I must say I learned a lot from the discussion. In the PCC wills I picked up last week, there was one other burial request - this being made in 1813/4 by a woman in Suffolk who requested that she not be buried for 8 days after her death and then that the coffin lid not be nailed on. Having heard of such "in case I have just fainted" fears before, it was interesting to come across it in writing. I wonder how prevalent such requests may have been. Mary

An entertaining history of such fears, and of measures taken to avoid live burial, is: Buried Alive, by Jan Bondeson, published by W W Norton and Company Ltd, 2001 ISBN 0-393-32222-X pbk In message <461.1d42a9b.31a9b0d6@aol.com>, MWTRE@aol.com writes >Thanks to all those who contributed to the "no women allowed" query I posted >last week. I must say I learned a lot from the discussion. In the PCC >wills I picked up last week, there was one other burial request - this >being made >in 1813/4 by a woman in Suffolk who requested that she not be buried for 8 >days after her death and then that the coffin lid not be nailed on. Having >heard of such "in case I have just fainted" fears before, it was >interesting to >come across it in writing. I wonder how prevalent such requests may have >been. >Mary > > -- David G Jackson