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William "1st Earl of Surrey" de Warenne formerly Warenne aka de Varennes
The burial location of Gundrada and her husband, William, was lost until 1845-47 when the railway to Brighton was built across the priory site. Among the finds were lead caskets thought to be the bones of William de Warenne and his wife Gundrada, the founders of the priory. The lead caskets in which the bones were found are decorated with rope-mouldings and diagonal ornamentation, inscribed WILLEMS and GUNDRADA respectively. Also found was the black marble tombstone of Gundrada. The bones found in 1845 were reburied under the stone. All are located in a special chapel in the parish church of St. John the Baptist, Southover High Street in Lewes, East Sussex.
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Abt 1035 - Abt 1088 (53 years)