[78] Leland (Itin.) thus notices the tomb:—“In presbyterio, Johannes Rex, cujus sepulchrum Alchirch, sacrista, nuper renovavit.” The time at which Alchirch was sacristan has not been ascertained, but it cannot have been long before Leland’s visit.

[79] M. H. Bloxam, “On the Sepulchral Remains and Monuments in Worcester Cathedral,” read before the Archæological Institute at Worcester, in 1862. (Gent. Mag., Oct., 1862.)

[80] Bloxam.

[81] Id.

[82] M. H. Bloxam.

[83] Id., Gent. Mag., Oct., 1862.

[84] Willis, p. 106.

[85] Bloxam.

[86] Bloxam.

[87] Id.