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==Suspected discovery of his coffin== [[File:Thomas Lenison Memorial.jpg|alt=Here lyeth the body of Thomas Tenison, late Archbishop of Canterbury, who departed this life in peace on the XIV day of December MDCCXV (14/12/1715)|thumb|Memorial in the floor of the deconsecrated church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, which is next to the entrance of Lambeth Palace, London]] In 2016, during the refurbishment of the [[Garden Museum]],<ref>[http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/page/support-us Museum web-site]</ref> which is housed at the medieval church of St Mary-at-Lambeth,<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol23/pp104-117 Church of St Mary, Lambeth] British History on-line</ref> 30 lead coffins were found; one with an archbishop's red and gold mitre on top of it.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/builders-discover-archbishops-tombs-under-church-floor-bjddcdjnh Times on-line]</ref> Two archbishops were identified from nameplates on their coffins; with church records revealing that a further three archbishops, including Tenison, were likely to be buried in the vault.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39613462 |title=Remains of five 'lost' Archbishops of Canterbury found |date=16 April 2017 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
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