King Henry Vlll - by Hans Holbein the Younger There is a rather gory story about King Henry Vlll connected with Syon House. In 1547, the King's coffin was brought to Syon on its way to Windsor for burial. It burst open during the night and in the morning dogs were found licking up the remains!!! This was regarded as a divine judgement for the King's desecration of Syon Abbey.
https://wherefivevalleysmeet.blogspot.com/2013/08/syon-park-and-house.html
During the period in question, Southwell reports how there was a loud ‘crack’ from the coffin as Elizabeth’s ‘body and head’ broke open from the pressures of gases released as the corpse rotted. While the force of the explosion splintered the ‘wood lead and cere cloth’, people speculated on how much worst might it have been if the body had not been opened and disembowelled after death! It is interesting isn’t it, that the story of this event occurring after the end of Henry VIII is much repeated, and seen as a sign of his obesity and gluttony. But here we have the same thing happening with his daughter, who was not subject to such vices!
https://thetudortravelguide.com/2019/07/20/the-death-and-burial-of-elizabeth-i/
http://supremacyandsurvival.blogspot.com/2020/09/sir-robert-dudley-rip-and-his-second.html
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