A Roman stone coffin found at Westminster Abbey in 1869 bore the name of a man from 1,600 years ago, but new tests date the skeleton inside to AD 987–1052; archaeologists say it may be one of two medieval abbots

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• A Roman stone coffin at Westminster Abbey bore the name Valerius Amandinus, a wealthy Briton from around AD 300–400.
• The coffin was found in 1820 and excavated in 1869, but a Latin cross on its lid dates to the 10th or 11th century.